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TRAVEL IN YOUR 40'S / IT HITS DIFFERENT

Bonsoir friends!

Several weeks ago, it was what I like to call a panic attack of sorts, trying to get ready for the trip of a lifetime: amongst writing out word for word the schedule for the littles, and organizing uniforms in drawers, I stopped and gasped for breath. “Is everything going to be ok?” My stomach grumbled, I came down the stairs and my Mom said “We’ve got it. Everything is good, go to bed.” So I did. I checked for our passports, all the details were checked and it was time for rest. We would embark on a bucket list trip in the am.

WHY WE NEED TO BE ALONE

“To be young and in love in New York City.”


That’s the lyric I listened to repeatedly on my flight from California to Nashville a few months back.  Something about it got me. 


The freedom in what was. Back then. And knowing that I could feel it. Taste it on my tongue. Because it was a moment in time. Side note: I must be on a travel kick inside my heart because last weeks wanderlust post. Or perhaps I’ve just been momming alot lately. Hence, see below.

WHY YOU SHOULD WANDERLUST IN YOUR 20'S

My mom wasn’t 20, she was 19 I believe. But close enough. This is her and her best friend wanderlusting back in 1967. Or maybe it was 68. Hawaii, in the 60’s. Can you imagine how instagram worthy this was? But forget about instagram. That wasn’t on her radar. Nor was the term wanderlust. Adventure was more like it. Freedom. And she says, looking back, this season of her life was one of her most favorites. I couldn’t agree with her more about my own. And here’s why.