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Family Gap Year
Vacation at the eastern most tip of Australia—we hope to get back during our Gap Year! When I was in my twenties, my fellow teacher friend, Whitney, and I would go to open mic night every Tuesday at the Mucky Duck in Houston (while multi-tasking on school work).
One night, we heard a song about living your life backwards. It was something about living the retirement life when you were younger—traveling while your body was able to handle it well—and then going back to school when you were older and had a deeper appreciation for it.
I took from that song the goal of retiring much later than the average … Read More
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Happy Birthday, Henry! (7 years-old)
Our Henry,
You are such a gift to our world! You make our lives better every single day. This year you graduated from kindergarten and into 1st grade. You love the three older girls in your community: Stella, Frances, and Lila. On Lila’s birthday, you let her wear your airplane wings. You also lost your first tooth! And then three more!
This past year you stopped doing Aikido and started doing swimming at Nitro. You swam until December and then switched to ukulele with Ms. Lesley.
We went to San Diego for Spring Break. You loved learning to surf with our friend Andrew! We went to … Read More
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Template: Planning Vacations
This post is for BabyD!From the comments, it sounds like BabyD is stressing about vacation planning.I made a vacation-planning template for my leadership coach, so I thought I would share it here, in case it’s helpful for others:I love going on vacations with my family. I’m always so excited to see new things and go to new places. It makes me feel really present with my boys.Here are some of our recaps:
