Koh Lipe

It’s hard to believe we’ve been in Malaysia for nearly three months! Knowing that we had to step out of the country to renew our visa, we had a hard time deciding our options. We definitely didn’t feel like getting back on an airplane just yet, especially just for a weekend getaway, but we also […]

Adoption Bloggers Interview with Amy Thompson

On a whim, I signed up for the Adoption Bloggers Interview Project, which is exactly what the name describes ~ a chance for people who are connected to adoption to get to know each other. For the project, I was introduced to Amy Thompson, a prospective adoptive parent who lives in Athens, Georgia. Amy and […]

Enjoy Detroit

We did it. That’s what we keep saying to ourselves as we try to let the reality of what we’ve done sink in. In the last two months, I left my job, we said goodbye to friends, sold our house and almost all our stuff, and left our home in Ottawa where we’ve lived the […]

Welcome to CBC Radio listeners!

We were thrilled to be invited to Ottawa Morning to talk about Operation Hejira, our plan to travel the world with our kids! Update: the link to the interview is here. Click here to subscribe to our blog updates and follow our journey. Alison’s creativity coaching website, Design Your Art-Committed Life, is at gresik.ca.

You’re invited to a party!

Our family is hitting the open road and we want to say good-bye! We’re hosting a low-key, child-friendly party and open mic coffeehouse on Saturday, June 11 at 2pm so we can celebrate and visit with friends and family. We’ll serve cake and coffee, natch. We would love to have you there, and share a […]