There we were, buying plane tickets for our dream trip to Australia, and the only thing standing between us and…
“Where are you from?” It’s a question we get asked frequently in American Samoa, and really, anywhere we’ve traveled outside…
Anytime you go somewhere new, you’re going to run into things that make you say, “What the…?” That’s one of…
Exactly one year ago, today, Nate’s plane landed in American Samoa. Three weeks later the kids and I joined him.…
The idea of thousands of miles is hard for little minds to grasp; when those miles separate children from loved…
Soon it will be Christmas morning and there will be nothing under the tree with my name on it. I need help coming up with just the right gift, so my kids don’t think Santa forgot their mom this year.
Our tropical Thanksgiving by the pool turned out to be more than we bargained for. Silly us, we thought we could count on clear skies during the rainy season.
My true island experience begins, Nate took something from the ocean and I got it to my plate.