Life Sabbatical

A couple of weeks after we finished our trip to Asia in 2019, I wrote my last blog post and set it aside, thinking I really had nothing else to write about in the day-to-day of our fairly typical life as a family of 5 in the suburbs. I regret that decision. Little did I know, a global pandemic would change the entire world just one year later. I wish I had written about that adventure, too, if for no other reason than I would remember more vividly how it felt and what we did. 

When I decided that our RV trip through Arizona would be a good reason to pick up the blog again, I opened up the site and found this draft post that I must have started soon after the pandemic started. I have no memory of writing this:

A little over a year ago, I started this blog to capture the memories and experiences of our 2-month sabbatical to Southeast Asia. From the first words I wrote, it also became my personal journal. Writing provided a release from the hard parts and a mindful confirmation of the great parts. Sharing it was my way to connect with my world at home.

Little did I know that we'd be embarking on another family adventure this year. It wasn't one that we planned, and it certainly isn't one that we hoped for, but here we are. Traveling through th

And then it stopped. Abruptly. The rest of the story just evaporating in the fog that has shrouded my memories of the last two years. And it seemed so perfectly fitting.

Some day I'll try to piece together my recollections of that period. While my experience was hardly as traumatic as it was for many, it was a time unlike any other and I'd like to preserve it somewhere. 

I started this blog because we were doing something special and I like to write. These last couple of years have shown me that, a) I still like to write, and b) all of it is special. So I'll keep writing it down - for me, for my kids, and for anyone who'd like a peek into my unfiltered musings on life.

Early days of homeschooling in March 2020