(Part One of Volunteering with Vaughan Town.) Lock 15 "crazy" Anglos together with 13 "shy" Spaniards in a remote Spanish hotel and what do you get? 28 freaked out Spanglos by the end of the week. If you're longing for an unusual experience where you help people practice their English through games, one-on-one conversations while walking Continue Reading
What I Did To Make My Life Happy
Not My Dream, But My Life “My Gutsy Story®” Jennifer Barclay I spent my fortieth birthday not being whisked away to a Spanish city for a romantic weekend, as had been hinted in what now seemed the distant past, but weeping and shaky with my parents. This wasn’t how it was supposed to be. My life had seemed to be coming together, at last Continue Reading
Our 200-Mile Trek Across the UK
Trekking across the UK “My Gutsy Story®”-Alana Woods In April 2013 I was in the UK helping my oldest daughter cope with three children under 7: two boys, 6 and 2, and a new baby girl. After the birth I stayed on because daughter and her man were getting married on 1 August in Italy and daughter had asked me to stay handy. End of Continue Reading
Exploration, Freedom and Being in Control of My Life
Age of Exploration A “My Gutsy Story®” by Rachael Rifkin Growing up, summer vacations meant hiking in Mammoth Mountain. After the first couple consecutive years, I was ready to go somewhere else. We used to go other places—Palm Springs, Big Bear, San Francisco, Arizona, Utah. We even went all the way to Disney World when I was seven. So I began Continue Reading
Next Expat Stop-Tanzania by Yelena Parker
Next Expat Stop- Tanzania “My Gutsy Story®” by Yelena Parker Have you ever shared your story with new and somewhat eager listeners and got the reaction: “Wow, that was such a brave thing to do!”? Last year I started feeling as if anything I had done that was remotely brave was in the too far distant past. I wouldn’t quite call it a mid-life Continue Reading