by jo | Apr 28, 2015 | Everyday Stories, Travel
Dear Denver, I came to you 8 months ago with my life packed into my Toyota Camry. It was a long drive. 18 hours of leaving my past behind. My own tears surprised me as I drove away from my family standing on the porch of my parent’s house, waving as they watched me...
by jo | Apr 21, 2015 | Travel
We’re taking a detour from the normal posts for a week, because sometimes, I love to play tour guide and help people find good stuff! Sometimes I travel for fun, and sometimes because of how my life has gone, I get to travel for school, business, etc as well. I...
by jo | Mar 17, 2015 | Everyday Stories, Travel
I found myself wandering down the shoe section aisles at target about a week after I first had the idea for the Story Project. And there they were, the snow boots I had looked at the year before and decided I didn’t need them, as chances of me going up to the snow...
by jo | Dec 23, 2014 | Everyday Stories, Jesus Time, Travel
If I’m honest — which I am — homesickness is the cause of my current wandering-life phase. I’ve been saying that I’m searching for a place that feels like home. I didn’t know of any that still existed for me until one night not too...
by jo | Dec 9, 2014 | Everyday Stories, Travel
photo credit: [phil h] via photopin cc “Don’t tell them that you’ll keep in touch,” she said to us. “Because you won’t.” One of the school administration was talking to the group of 5 of us from the US who were brand new to the school and were there for the semester...
by jo | Nov 18, 2014 | Everyday Stories, Travel
I was 16 when I first went to New Orleans and the destruction was everywhere. It was April 2006, a full 7 months after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita ravaged the area. I had first heard the news on the radio on the way to school in the first week back to classes my...