Thanksgiving marks the start of my most favorite time of year. Over the next month or two we’ll be celebrating, enjoying my favorite type of weather, watching the leaves change and, if we’re lucky, experiencing a snowfall or two! To celebrate today and this season, I just wanted to take a few moments to record five things I’m so grateful for this year. Family Our little family grew by one at the very beginning of this year and the days since Fischer was born have been some of the most joyful, fulfilling and challenging of my life. I have always wanted to be a mother and this year I am so so grateful that God answered that prayer with a precious and healthy baby boy. Provision The way God has provided for us this year truly blows my mind. Not only was I able to quit my job and stay…

There’s a restorative quality in the act of travel. It may take your money and drain your energy, but when it’s all said and done, travel is like a best friend that knows exactly what your heart is yearning for. where it all started. I grew up traveling. My dad was a contracted computer consultant from the time I was about six or seven years old until shortly after I started high school. The contracted nature of his position meant he moved around a lot – and we were fortunate enough to not only get to go visit him fairly often, but also explore new and exciting places. From my childhood hometown near L.A. in California, we’d fly out to Miami, Michigan, Niagara Falls, Key West and even the Cayman Islands. Each time was a new adventure, a new experience, a whole new world that was opened up. A good…