After three weeks in New Mexico and two wonderful visits we are ready to return to the fair state of Minnesota tomorrow, for the first time in eight months! It was stupendously surreal to have our parents visit us in a place that we have grown to love and that feels like home. When you […]
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Since we’ve been back on the Continent I have been using the analogy that I feel like a baby deer learning to walk. It is interesting to me that I can go to any of the countries that we’ve been to, many where English is not the primary language, and thrive, but once I’m back […]
I chose the title “Island Time” for this blog because that is the necessary embodiment of the “Aloha Spirit” when you’ve had the weather that we have had since arriving. It is our 18th day in Waikiki and yesterday was the first sunny day we’ve had since March 8th. “Island Time supports Hawaii’s social and […]
Vinaka vaka levu means thank you very much in Fijian. We arrived in Hawaii on Saturday evening after eight days on the island of Denarau in Fiji. They call Denarau an island but it is basically part of Viti Levu, which is the biggest of the Fijian islands. Getting to Fiji from New Zealand was […]
Aotearoa is the Māori name for New Zealand. It means the land of the long white cloud. I am definitely leaving part of my heart in New Zealand, especially the South Island. We have been in Christchurch for a little over two weeks and we leave for Fiji on Friday. Our time here has gone […]
Subtitle: Reconciling gratitude and guilt, and the decision to not move home for at least three more years, and maybe not even then. It is a tricky juxtaposition to have an incredible amount of gratitude for the life we are fortunate enough to live, while simultaneously feeling guilty about not being physically home, in Minnesota, […]