I’ve never been good at saying words out loud. Something about hearing them come out of my mouth makes me immediately doubt everything I’m saying, no matter how much the opposite is true. Even as a child, if I needed to apologize or say something hard to my dad, I wrote it down. It was …
I’m at the airport. Again. God works in mysterious ways, and it seems that over the last few months, I’m really getting to live the jet-setter lifestyle I always wanted. Unfortunately, these trips haven’t been for great reasons. Our family traveled to see my family in October, and it was a very good trip. Then …
I’m currently devoting a decent chunk of my brain space to a project, hopefully coming to you this Advent season (could that be a hint)? So, that preoccupation is leaving me with little motivation to write meaningfully here. Lucky for you, I have many drafts just waiting to be renewed and sent out into the …
Italy was our most recent overseas duty station. While it brought its own unique learning curve and challenges (as all duty stations do), it was an amazing place to spend three years. We learned a lot while we were there and grew our family by two. We were stationed in Northern Italy. Of course, there …
PCSing with kids is not for the faint of heart. There’s a lot that comes with moving with children. Both of our children were born in Italy. While we had done some European travel while living abroad, this PCS was our first big adventure with both children. With 14 hours of flight time and a …
“The wound is the place where the light enters you.” – Rumi I’ve wanted to return to travel writing for a while. Although the original concept behind Coffee + Camo was a travel blog, it didn’t take me long to realize I’m not a great travel writer. With the onset of the pandemic and travel …
All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware – Martin Buber It’s 2009 and I’m a junior in college. In my dorm room, the chill of winter slowly melting into spring, I’m packing a bag. I hold up different items, weighing their effectiveness in keeping me cool. I’m traveling south, spending spring …
As you move outside of your comfort zone, what was once the unknown and frightening becomes your new normal – Robin Sharma It’s 2007, and I’m 20 years old. I’m riding a charter bus with thirty of my not-yet-closest friends, heading south. Today, I’m on my way to Ireland, embarking on my first international adventure.
We can become anyone we want to become. It takes focusing on the aspect of ourselves we want to change and reflecting on the beliefs that cause us to act in ways that are counter to the change we seek. –Vanessa Diffenbaugh I’ve been blogging at Coffee + Camo for two years. That’s hard to …
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream – C.S. Lewis I’m sitting in “my” spot on the couch, sipping tea, listening to Explosions in the Sky. Fred is, as always, to my right, making sure I don’t do anything too crazy. Life is, generally speaking, the same …
