Kristie gripped the handrail of the little tour boat as it rocked in the Alaskan waves. She tried not to think about her full stomach as she stared into the deep blue of the water below. An icy breeze brushed against her face, which she was sure was a pale shade of...
Spending a weekend in Boise, Idaho isn’t anything out of the ordinary for me, but sometimes it offers a few surprises! This time, the surprise was spending an abnormal amount of time discussing cultures and ethnicities. Also, being, like, 500 feet from Aaron Paul and...
Disneyland has marketed itself as The Happiest Place on Earth, and for those of us who have had the opportunity to visit, this slogan rings true. However, the catalyst of the human experience is that without struggle, we find no joy. So, the consequence of...
A New Life in America (Repost) With one step off the deck of the SS Conte Biancamano, Lucia Valle withdrew from her past and embraced her future. She took a deep breath and stepped onto the port of Nova Scotia, Canada. Strange accents and smells bombarded her....
A Calling to Nepal (Repost) For the third time in one night, Kristie Snowder dreamed of building a house in Nepal. She sat up in bed, wide awake, and leaned against the headboard. In her mind, she made the decision then and there: She would be traveling to Nepal....
Experiencing the 2011 Earthquake in Japan (Repost) The desk vibrated beneath his pencil, causing a graphite streak to smudge Noah Briscoe’s algebra assignment. He glanced up, noticing that the teacher had paused her lecture. “Earthquake,” murmured one of his...
That Time We Got Lost in the Woods of McCall (Repost) I’ve been on a lot of hikes in my life, but not a lot of accidental ones. My cousin and I are born and raised Idahoans. We were also lucky enough to have a grandfather who taught us a love of adventure and the...
What I’ll Remember About the Middle East (Repost) I’ll be honest. While it was all fascinating, I’m never going to remember all the information that I’ve been given over the course of the past two weeks. I won’t remember which church was built by which...
