Happily Disengaged

Finally. Touching down in what would turn out to be one of my new favorite places didn’t feel like I’d been delayed 19 long pandemic-infused months for this vacation to Europe. The abrupt jolt of the airplane’s wheels making contact with runway asphalt was like hitting the reboot button for my soul. Rat race competition, schedules, commuter traffic, all evaporated away in the puff of burnt rubber emitted from the plane’s wheels upon touchdown and I was born anew. The…

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I write this post from Porto, Portugal. After nearly two years of delay, we were finally able to take our trip abroad. So far it’s been fantastic. Portugal has exceeded any expectations I had of the country. My oldest daughter spent her 8th birthday wandering around castles and the narrow twisting cobbled streets of Lisbon. We haven’t been to Europe since 2012, the long delay in returning being a combination of waiting for our kids to get out of diapers…

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