“Gratitude opens to the door to the power, the wisdom, and the creativity of the universe. You open the door through gratitude.” – Deepak Chopra   There’s no smell of turkey and cranberry cornbread stuffing wafting through our house on this day, but we’re filled with gratitude nonetheless. I look back over the last year and my heart… Read more

The bus is finally back in working order, so Friday night we spontaneously headed out of town for some Saturday exploring. Just 45 minutes south of the city of Oaxaca are two archeological gems: Mitla: According to the offical brochure, Mitla’s names comes from the Nàhuatl word Mictiàn meaning “Place of the Dead,” or “Underworld.” In the local dialect… Read more

Wednesday morning started out just like any other morning: wrangling reluctant children into clothing, demanding they eat their eggs and scurrying to leave the house on time. But over the course of a routine weekday, some serious Big Magic spontaneously combusted into our day. We were offered 7-week stay at a beautiful garden house on the Greek isle of Paros. Wow… Read more

We’re just shy of our two month anniversary in Oaxaca. The kids have been enrolled in school since mid-August, so it’s a nice vantage point to take stock of what’s happened and how everyone is adjusting. You know you can count on me to be brutally honest. The first three weeks of school totally sucked. Tantrums were thrown… Read more

Diego’s headed to Spain for work this week. It’s only 10 days, but you’d think it was forever with the emotional outbursts I’ve been having all week. All of a sudden I’m a nervous wreck. Even though I feel 150% comfortable in Mexico with the kids, I’m grateful to be part of a team. Who will carry the big… Read more