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Family travel adventures

  • More Than Man’s Best Friend: A Tribute to Ava, Our Beloved German Shepherd

    (Trigger Warning – serious health condition discussed) I looked out at the mist that hung low over the valley. Tears welled up in my eyes.Cancer.That word sunk heavy in my heart. We had just come back home from taking Ava to the vet. Our beloved German Shepherd had a large tumor in her mouth that…

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  • A New Christmas, A New Chapter

    This last month, we celebrated our very first Christmas here in Mississippi. While it was far from what we were used to back in California, it still managed to hold a quiet kind of magic—despite being wrapped in tissues, cough drops, and lots of soup. Jim got sick first the week before Christmas, and one…

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  • When the Chili Doesn’t Get Chosen: A Hard Week of Settling In

    For all the blessings we’ve experienced since moving to Mississippi—the baptisms, the peace, the beauty of the land, the stillness of morning coffee, and the joyful noises of our new piglet, Amelia—there are also moments that bring us to our knees with quiet questions: Did we really do the right thing? This week, those questions…

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Away we go!

Family travel stories

Join us as we explore new places across the country, sharing our adventures, unexpected surprises, and the lessons learned along the way during our cross-country move from California to Mississippi.

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