The Art of Unscheduled Wandering

If you have followed A Full Life long or are one of my social media friends, you know our family loves adventures. The middle of July, Paul, Jayme, and I found ourselves on the road to places still yet undiscovered, at least by us. After a year and a half of fostering our little June…

The Wandering Continues: Human Kindness

Our morning started off with a BANG! We had lots of rain in the night and a bunch of it gathered on top of our awning. The weight eventually bent the awning support and brought everything crashing down. What a sound! Our neighbors heard it and came over to see if everyone was alright and…

Wandering on Purpose

We have been adventuring! We decided that it was time we made a more significant effort to get away regularly. When you travel between homes, it makes it harder to set aside a specific time to relax and regroup. The reality of owning two places is that we go from house to house, spending much…

Your Destination Will Be Peace

The navigation app on my phone seemed to have a poor sense of direction. It commanded in a loud voice to take the next exit to reach my destination that I knew was a few more freeway ramps away. What I didn’t know was an accident blocked the road and the app’s seemly all-knowing function redirected…

Packing Light and Still Smelling Sweet

As you know, I love to travel. This year I will be staying domestic. Some of my friends, however, are off to Israel and I have to say I’m a bit envious. I love the planning and anticipation of a trip abroad. My friends have also had lots of fun discussing the details but they…

Mission: Love Thy Neighbor

Recently I received an article from a friend. It contained some pictures of place I had been when on a trip to Syria some years ago. The images were before and after shots showing the devastation that had taken place during the conflict there. My heart broke for the people who had lived their lives in…