It was wonderful to be reunited with Carissa after the longest separation since her birth. To have our reunion take place in Switzerland, where she has been studying abroad for the past year, added to the layers of beauty. With Carissa as our guide we...
A few months ago I had the pleasure of exploring Paris with my daughter Carissa, making some very special memories together. The little scooter video we made ( https://vimeo.com/144948803) never ceases to make me smile! Carol and I are so excited to return to Europe today...
Checking off the last box on my Cambodia travel list entailed visiting Angkor Wat, often referred to as the eighth wonder of the world. Angkor Wat was built in the first half of the 12th century...
I find writing to be a most interesting process. I read recently that much of what we write we must have the courage to wad up and throw away, as it was simply a process to get to what we were really trying to say....
It's funny how that one's experiences while traveling and one's experiences in life often parallel each other. Too often we get so focused on the destination that we fail to just slow down and inhale the miracle of life that goes on around us everyday. I was...
In Poipet, Cambodia Saturday February 20th, 2016 Abandoned by her parents at the age of three, six-year-old Srey has every human reason to feel unloved and rejected. The tumor that disfigured her face was seen by her parents as a curse and ultimately led to her abandonment....
When the Khmer Rouge regime swept through Cambodia in the 1970’s, nearly a quarter of its population was extinguished from torture, mass executions, malnutrition and disease. It’s estimated that between one and three million lives were lost. After flying into Cambodia last month to photograph and...
February 20th, 2016 Mae Sai, Thailand new the Burma border I loved celebrating my daughter Christina's love of all things coffee from the village of Pha Mi in Mae Sai, Thailand. Who would have dreamed that on my way to tell orphan stories, I would find some...
February 19th, 2016 - Mae Sai, Thailand, in the Phami Village near the Thailand/Myanmar border Lying in my tent in a tree, suspended in space with only God and the stars for company, I pondered the story that I came here to tell. It is a story...
Thursday February the 18th, in Phami Village, near Mae Sai, Thailand High up in the mountains, just shy of the Burma/Myanmar border, is the home of the Akha Tribe, a beautiful people with hearts that are rich and full. Here time stands still as people commune and...
