We spent the first week here with the books.  However, we found time to treat ourselves to a French dinner at a local restaurant.  So delicious! And we found enough free time for a puzzle with friends. But we also had 6 hours of our first Spanish lessons. Our teacher thought we were doing so … Continue reading Life in Tegucigalpa

By the time you read this, my wife and I will have landed at one of the most treacherous airports in the world in one of the most dangerous cities in the world. The final approach is so nightmarish that passengers often post harrowing videos of their flight through a twisted ravine before landing on … Continue reading Daughter Sparks International Change

Norris’ article describes our daughter, Sara’s non-profit organization.  After she collected books from Chicago and Denver Scholastic Book Fairs, she needed our luggage to help transport the 250 lbs. of books that she hadn’t been able to put in her own luggage allowance.  Of course there were a few bumps along the way.  First, we … Continue reading And now….. booking it to Honduras

In the tradition of Boomerang kids, we joined the ranks by returning home to my Dad’s house!  We had no home to return to unlike most people who come back from vacation, because we hadn’t been on vacation. A friend said we were boomerang kids now, those college graduates who return to the parents’ home. … Continue reading Home for the Holidays, the Boomerang kids