Since we returned from ‘the big trip’ we have not done any traveling together (WS did not go to Haiti). This is not to say we have not gone anywhere since mid 2009, it just means we have taken vacations instead. How do I define the difference? A vacation to me involves little [...]
After a long long hiatus, our blog is back up and running! We have moved to a different server, gotten our photos linked from flickr, and are ready to start posting again. But the big question has been, what to post? Do you want to hear about how we did our planning? How we saved [...]
I don’t treat kids. I never have. But for one week in Haiti, I was a pediatric physical therapist. The kids there were a reminder of the devastation the country had endured, but with the drive to survive and recover. I had the honor to work with some of the most dedicated clinicians I have [...]
Life at the hospital, to me, was one word-chaotic. We arrived by van to the hospital and looked for our rooms. All of the rehabilitation staff was in one large room. There were 10 of us, cots mere inches apart, with no bathroom and no windows. Truthfully, the lack of bathroom turned out to be [...]
On our way from the airport to Bernard Mevs Hospital, we had a brief introduction to Port au Prince. But the next day we were scheduled for a formal tour given by a local. Five therapists were loaded into a dirty SUV. We left the gates of our hospital grounds for a formal tour of [...]
The preparation for Haiti was much less intense than a trip around the world, but required a different mentality. What would I need to take with me for myself that I could leave behind? The answer to that question came from right where I worked. The crew I work with at St.Anthony’s Hospital was awesome. [...]
With WanderingDawn away on a much different adventure this week, I’ve been left here at home to proceed with normal life. Sitting here I realized “Holy Normal Life! I’ve been home for a year already!” Which means I should have some answers to the big blank questions most people have when they decide to uproot their [...]
A month ago we moved in to our new house. When we cleaned out the storage unit, there was my Kelty backpack. That Kelty was my tried and true partner for 18 months (aside from WS of course!). Where I went, it went. That day as I took it into the house, I hoisted it [...]
While we have been home for nine months now, I feel at times we are still adjusting. We are both back to all those activities we enjoy, like Jiu Jitsu and yoga (guess which wanderer likes each of those),and have returned to a life we lived before the trip. But sometimes, all it takes is [...]
We have been home for a little over six months now. We are both back to work, back to a regular exercise routine, back to visiting friends. We have gotten our medical check-ups, dermatologist check-ups, and are fully insured once again. We go to the grocery store, mall, and out to eat just like before. [...]
