• R.D.,  Van Life

    I’m Still Here…On the Road

    Right now, I am sitting in the Escape Pod, next to a lake in Alabama. My husband and I really did buy a small RV (Van on steroids) and leave our home and jobs behind for a year on the road. We hit our six month trip anniversary a couple of weeks ago and I thought it was about time I published a post. I’ve written very little since we started and published even less, so this will be a catch up. This trip has had plenty of ups and downs, starting before we even left home. In the weeks leading up to our launch, I had a bike accident…

  • R.D.,  Teaching,  Van Life

    Choosing Happiness

    I am no stranger to the fact that life does not go according to plan. It almost never does. But that isn’t always a bad thing. Sometimes it is better than we could imagine and sometimes it is awful, but most of the time it just IS. When I was 13, I wanted to be a basketball player. I was a decent athlete, I probably could have played college ball, but I’d never have made it into the WNBA even if it had existed back in the day. A motorcycle accident when I was 14 years old put an end to that dream. So after some difficult teen years, I…