by Bambi Wineland | Dec 1, 2016 | Adoptive Family Travel, Birth Country Travel, Guatemala, Heritage Journey, Heritage Travel
Climbing Pacaya Volcano for the second time in a year was no historic climbing accomplishment, but climbing it with my 10-year-old son, Jac — who is from Guatemala, made this climb monumental. So on December 30, 2014, I embarked on one of the most important...
by Bambi Wineland | Nov 10, 2016 | Adoptive Family Travel, Our Children
This morning I went for walk with my pooch to clear my head. I realized the best thing I could do was smile and walk. It’s always been my motto — “Smile and the world smiles back”. I have it written on sticky notes that are placed all over my...
by Bambi Wineland | Mar 18, 2016 | Adoptive Family Travel, Birth Country Travel, China, Heritage Journey, Travel
When the elevator doors creaked open that first morning in China, Jo Jo and I were floored. The jet lag, the heat, the PEOPLE- hundreds of them! It felt like we were walking into a zoo. The humidity was palpable; you could smell it, that and the Beijing pollution....