Stories

And so, with boundless trepidation and many packs of blister plasters, 12 of us headed out of the city to tackle the highest peak in North Africa.

After all, as my grandmother says, you can’t pour from an empty cup. Or as I now say, a happy mom is a better mom.

There’s something equally nerve-wracking and exciting about group travel. That first night you meet everybody is like the first day at school. Questions start to circle in your head like, …

I’ve fallen in love with life again. All of the colors seem brighter and the most mundane things have a magical quality to them that I’d long forgotten.

With a smiley flash of her silver-capped teeth and a beckoning gesture, the deed was done. I was officially paired with my new Mayan mama.

I’d had a silly goal in mind: I wanted to visit every continent before 30. Now I just wanted to turn 30.