Your Inner Smile

Picking up the local paper today, I found a section on gift ideas based from an eclectic collection of local foodstuffs. A big part of discovering a new place is trying local foods and specialities. It’s a way to not only discover favorite or typical tastes in the area, you learn about long-standing establishments and […]

I remember the first night in the apartment my sister and I would share for two years while she finished her undergraduate degree and I worked at the college. We went in the direction of West Broad Street and a high-end grocery store.  We bought peanut butter (crunchy), strawberry jam, a loaf of bread and […]

Moving into a different culture means more than just rearranging aspects of your life to respond to situational changes. 
As you adapt, you experience an inner reorientation of who you are, what you believe, and how you create meaning in your life. Knowing this, you can embrace this opportunity to cross borders and expand who you […]

My family is gathered together in the mountains of Virginia to celebrate Thanksgiving. Giving thanks as a family is important, isn’t it?
For several years I was out of the country on this day. When I read this quote by Charles Dickens, it resonated with me because it’s what I did while living away from my […]

Driving to the airport early in the morning the bright electronic signs indicated the left lane in the tunnel would be closed.  As we approached we noticed the overhead lights were green for both lanes and the electronic speed limit signs were back up to normal speed limits.  We chose to stay in the left […]