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Transformative Travel – Concepts to Enhance Your Heritage Journey
Transformative Travel and Experiential Travel are concepts that will transform your family’s Heritage Journey into a life-changing adventure.
Heritage Trips – Understanding the Differences
Heritage trips for adoptive families come in all shapes and sizes but there is one that best fits your family. Let’s talk about the options.
The Spirit of the Holiday Season!
The spirit of the holiday season is love, hope, joy and gratitude! When you see your loved ones – my hope is that your eyes light up! Enjoy the holidays!
Return to Pacaya Volcano with Jac Part 2
The final chapter of my adventures with my son climbing Pacaya Volcano in Guatemala where we left a red and yellow marble to honor his birth mother.
Designing a Heritage Journey for your Adopted Child. Part 1
A Heritage Journey should help families connect more deeply, empower your child, build self-esteem and cultivate pride in a family’s multi-cultural heritage
Returning to Pacaya Volcano with Jac
In December 2014 I returned to Pacaya Volcano with my son, who is from Guatemala, to retrieve a symbol of love to his birth mother – a red and yellow marble.
Climbing Pacaya Volcano in Guatemala
In 2014 I climbed Pacaya Volcano near Amatitlan, Guatemala to honor my adopted son’s birth mother. He was born in this town in 2004.
Forgive me for a moment while I give this election a face…the face of my adopted child
My son, who was adopted from Guatemala in 2004, called me last week from school very distraught. He asked, “Mom, can I be deported”?
Our Adopted Children and the Election
My adopted children are afraid. They are different than most of their peers and the language of hate is vibrant right now in this country.
My Shaman Ritual at Iximche
The Shaman ritual I experienced at Iximché (pronounced, EEE shim ché) was one of the most moving experiences of my life. When I arrived at this famed archaeological site, I didn't quite know what to expect. I was anxious, but very excited! The parking lot was almost...