You’ve probably noticed things have been a bit quiet around here. As soon as I completed my last day at my job, my family set off on a week-long vacation to see friends and family in Tennessee and Alabama. I promise lots of posts to come about all that we saw and did. But first: the bigger …
One of the major reasons my husband and I travel with our kids is to broaden their horizons. To do that, we have to encourage them to do things on trips that sometimes makes them a bit uncomfortable. But there is always a question of degree. How much is too much? Knowing when to push your child …
If you are a parent who travels with kids, you’ve probably had your fair share of travel mishaps. My family has experienced most of them by now: diaper explosions at 36,000 feet, lost car keys, trips to the ER, and the usual stomach bugs that spread like wildfire through the family. On our 9 day …
I grew up in Montgomery, Alabama, the crucible of the Civil Rights movement. Montgomery race relations had come a long way by the time I was born, 24 years after the bus boycott inspired by Rosa Parks and 14 years after Martin Luther King Jr.’s Selma to Montgomery marches. Nevertheless, the world I grew up …