Welp, Im finally finding myself falling in Love here. It has taken some time, some healing, some surrender- Maybe it was the light rolling across the super green hills or the sounds of cow bells, maybe just Him holding My hand while we drove into the countryside. After 13 years he still knows how to make my stomach swarm with butterflies…..
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The very first place we visited post quarantine was the Piazza Carlo Alberto market, followed by the Pescheria (Fish Market) in Elephant Square on a early Saturday morning with new friends… The Markets were something I have dreamed of since we first found out Sicily would be our new Home. I imagined brick and cobbled old streets, lined with booths of fresh produce and spices and breads, freshly washed laundry hanging from tiny terraces above… Architecture and birds and the sounds of the incredible language shouting from vendor to vendor….
Read MoreOur path took us on quite a ride- We flew from Fukuoka to Tokyo to LA to Dallas to Baltimore to Rota to Belgium to Sigonella.
Read MoreHere we are, just a month before our BIG Move around the world…. Andrew has had a couple of weeks off work, in which we ended up filling with movers and appointments and car selling and endless errands… But in-between the crazy, we slipped away for hiking, some food, and a few Family Fun Days- This was one of them…
Read MoreOur last trip to Yufuin was this past Summer… It was honestly a perfect day, the weather was misty and warm, the mountain almost empty, lush and green, and deer were everywhere! But I wasn’t well… So we weren’t able to do much climbing. Since then, this beautiful trail has been on my mind, I had been itching to go back and reach the summit, take in a new view….
Read MoreI cried on the way to and from Mt Tenzan last weekend…. Husband made fun of me as we cruised along listening to “Death Cab For Cutie” saying Im like Ben Fraiser in Bedazzled, ya know, when he is the sentimental version of himself, crying while looking at a sunset “Its just so beautiful!!” ok, I wasnt like that, at all… But lately I cant help but feel emotional every time we get out to these Mountains and Coastlines as a family… It may be the last time we see this. So Im embracing every moment fully..
Read MoreWow. 2020 has been a BITCH.
Ive been wanting to write this post for a bit now, but, as always, LIFE took over and I just kept putting it off….. Its long yall, bear with me. But if you know me, then you know Iv been going through it this last year, so here is why.
I feel my story NEEDS to be shared, especially after conversations with my fellow LADIES, and there NEEDS to be a change in the way we take control of our Medical Care…. I wont go to into that to much, but this is a post that any of you women who have an IUD MUST READ!
Read MoreFinally.
Fingers crossed this is our last Deployment for a while…. 6 of the last 9 years have been spent with overseas Sea Duty, and although we have been able to live in this incredible place, and travel and soak in the world a bit, its been rough…. 13 Patrols. And its time now for some Us.
Read MoreOk, I went overboard with the pictures, AGAIN. But it was our first camping trip- yup, admitting it, out loud!
For months and months I have been wanting to do this with the kids, start our Camp Journey, thats what im calling it ;) Buuuut some health stuff got in the way, then Covid- Summer was sweltering- so the first NICE weekend of September I rented a tent, grabbed some sleeping bags, packed a ton of snacks, some good tunes(we brought along “Rebel Rebel” for Tea’s ‘Troop Zero’ Moment!), camera, and by chance my small weber grill for a fire- and just went…
Read MoreYa’ll. Magic.
We have a few favorite Mountains here on Kyushu we visit—- Aso, Unzen and her sisters, Kokozu… But then this Summer, on a rainy day, we drove out to Yufuin. I fell in love.
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