The other day, my cousin mentioned that her 4-year-old son seemed to have sprouted up overnight. "Mickey told me that he felt uncomfortable, and sure enough he was all scrunched up in his car seat! I swear, I had just adjusted its height last week." While travelling, I feel like I only grow in spurts. … Continue reading Growing Out Of
Month: December 2013
*This post was written the day after Thanksgiving 2013* I have had the most thanks-giving transition. Day 1 The day after I flew back to the states, it was the first night of Channukah. The next night, it was the rare unicorn-of-a-holiday, THANKSGIVUKKAH. Channukah, which follows the Jewish calendar, fell on Thanksgiving, which follows the … Continue reading Welcome Back – TO THANKSGIVUKKAH
I love my backpack. I loved it to death, and now I have to retire it. The seams are coming apart. The strap has popped and it's spilling out polyurethane foam. The internal dividers fell apart somewhere around Nicaragua. It's time. Together, over the past three years, we have been to: Scotland England Northern Ireland … Continue reading The Simplicity of a Backpack
In Mutual Weirdness 