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Why Are We Doing This?

Reblogged from 'Are We There Yet?':

When we tell people that we are heading off around Australia, travelling with 3 kids aged 7 and under, with a camper trailer to live in which is probably smaller than the size of your average bedroom, for the next 6 or 7 months - many people think we are totally bonkers!!

I know that perhaps it does seem crazy to jam a family together in such a confined environment for over 6 months, and maybe financially irresponsible to put the mortgage on hold, a step backwards to sell many of the possessions we have spent so many years accumulating, and perhaps even detrimental to the kids schooling .........

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign

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This is my son in the arms of Sima, our housekeeper and my closest companion in Afghanistan. Being house bound a lot during our two years in Kabul, I spent almost everyday in the company of Sima in our old, large, rambling house in Wazir Akbar Khan.

We would sit together in the kitchen in companionable silence sorting out the day's dusty vegetables from the market while she taught me simple Dari.

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I've been meaning to share this incredible post by Sharon from A Leaf in Springtime. As she quotes: “The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world. - Dr Paul Farmer." I'm with you on this Sharon!


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An impulse for a Grand Adventure

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I have always dreamed of purchasing an Airstream travel trailer, throwing caution (read: my job) to the wind, and cruising the winding roads of America with no clear destination in mind and no end-date in sight.

Reality check: I have been married for a decade, I have a three-year-old son, I own a business, I run a non-profit, and I have a fat mortgage. 

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Hooray another amazing blog to follow. I can't wait to hear about Josh and his family's Grand Adventures in their 1969 Shasta. Thanks to al13airstream.com for helping me discover this little gem.


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How to Become Fearless

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Editor's Note: This article first appeared here on January 1, 2011. We're publishing it again as a perennial New Year's reminder. We also updated the headline photo to show one of the fears we faced since writing these words 12 months ago. Be sure to leave a comment and let us know what fears you overcame last year or about the ones you resolve to tackle in 2013.

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A great reminder to live fearlessly. Thanks for putting my thoughts into words Brian from Everywhere Once. This is my New Years resolution!
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