Happy Valentines Day!
Sometimes you just can't resist opening the window and letting a huge megadose of LOVE blow through...
Sometimes you just can't resist opening the window and letting a huge megadose of LOVE blow through...
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2015 As I left Chennai India for Kochi, it was very hard to say goodbye to Sathish and my heart was bursting to tell the story about my day with him. It was an emotional greeting upon pulling up to the Compassion project where...
10 years ago Christina was 18 and had started her first year at Samford University in Birmingham AL. While attending a Compassion International sponsored concert, Christina followed her heart and made a decision to sponsor 8 year old Satish in India....
[caption id="attachment_5027" align="aligncenter" width="560"] Badjao Community on Panglao Island[/caption] A few weeks before I was to accompany Dan Johanson and the Badjao Bridge team to the Philippines last month, I received an email from Dan containing a heartbreaking story. Little Pina, a five year old Badjao...
Upon our arrival to Sante Fe New Mexico last night and after checking into our hotel a block away from the square, I went for a walk to see the beautiful Christmas lights and luminaries that Sante Fe is famous for this time of the...
Sifting through photographs during today's Monday morning armchair travels, I found myself reliving memories from my trip back in September with Orphan Sunday to Guatemala. Memories that are like little footnotes for a future direction. Guatemala will always hold a very special place in my heart,...
Twenty years ago this week we moved to our new house. Oakmont Park was only a block away and was one of the reasons we moved here. Back then there were no trails, just dirt paths, and 8 year old Christina and I knew everyone...
I love celebrating Christina through the photos that she took. One of the many things that I have learned from Christina was to notice the simple things around us, the common things that we see, touch or feel every day but often do not fully...
One of the many passions that Christina and I shared was exploring places of beauty and photographing them together. The photo above was taken April the 11th, 2011 on a gorgeous spring evening by the Pacific Ocean. Christina and I were having the time of our lives, exploring the...
Once the two large boxes containing our bikes were shipped to Portland, it finally begin to dawn on me that this trip was really about to happen. We trained all that we could, carefully selected our gear, and now it was time to see if...