TRAVEL

  • LIFE LESSONS,  TRAVEL

    The Desires of Your Heart

    I am a dreamer and an idealist. If I have free time, most likely I will be daydreaming about the beautiful Italian countryside or watching a sunrise in Sedona or fantasizing about the next big adventure I can plan for Rob and me. I love to explore this big, beautiful world and I love to dream. I don’t know why I’m like that, I guess it’s just who I am.  When I was in college, I dreamed of either moving to Europe or backpacking through it…even if it was just for a few months. The daydreamer in me envisioned myself sitting at a café in Paris, drinking coffee, smoking cigarettes…

  • FAITH,  Friendships,  INFERTILITY,  IVF,  LIFE LESSONS,  TRAVEL

    Go to Napa.

    One of my best girlfriends has been trying to plan a girl’s trip to Napa for years. She finally booked it for last August and then Covid happened, which caused her to cancel. She has always invited me to join, but each year she was planning it, there was something going on in my life which forced me to say no. Two years ago I was getting married…last year we were in the midst of trying to get pregnant and about to start IVF….and then this year she asked again and my answer felt different.  After my last failed IVF cycle in February, I decided that I was going to change…