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I have said it before and I will say it again: trust the process, whatever is meant to be, everything is happening for us. I keep coming back to that mantra. Every single week, something happens that makes me feel all … Continue reading
Leah
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about a concept that I stumbled across a few years ago. It’s the idea that there are three things we’re all navigating in life: time, health, and wealth. And the very cruel irony is that … Continue reading
Just as I sat down to write this, I decided to look back at my first article in what I am calling the “Adventures in Recalibration” series. I wrote that first one the day we were leaving for Portugal, and the … Continue reading
Years ago, when my grandmother was passing away, I had one last visit with her. I had always loved and admired her. She was an incredible human. In the later years of her life, she had written her story (with … Continue reading
I can’t believe I’m writing the last one of these “travel debriefs/ diaries” for Portugal! Fifty -four days. Over seven weeks in Portugal. When we started, a month in Lisbon felt like it was going to be so long! And … Continue reading
If last week was about leaving the place that started to feel like home, this week was about figuring out what comes next when your plans need to shuffle! Quiet Days We had a few more days in Comporta before … Continue reading
Birthdays for my kids always included birthday gifts, birthday meals, birthday cake (usually homemade), a candy birthday poster (different every year and different every kid), a birthday party, a birthday instagram or Facebook plots, and once I had my family … Continue reading
Last week I wrote about how Lisbon had stopped feeling like a trip and started feeling like life. It kind of felt like we had our own little neighbourhood. Even our favourite restaurants. And our walking routes. And our little … Continue reading
We’re in our final stretch here in Lisbon and the days are starting to blur. Not in a bad way. More in a “wait, what did we do on Thursday?” kind of way. Which I think means this has stopped being … Continue reading
We’re in week three here in Portugal and this week felt like a bit of a shift. I’m getting the groove of working later; starting from late afternoon into the evening. The only challenge (apart from being a wee bit … Continue reading