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My boy put this spring crown on my girl and proclaimed her ‘QUEEN MOXIE’ and a part of me simply glowed. Magic. My girl stood up, took a step or two to me, grabbed my legs and cackled her laugh o’ glee and it was pure. Magic. I saw that the garden hadn’t missed us [...]
We arrived home last night, covered in Mexican dust and my own face rather streaked with tears. It’s not easy returning sometimes, is it? It’s not easy going sometimes either. On a different note, the Dirkes family has committed to adopting a girl with Down syndrome from Eastern Europe who would otherwise be sent to [...]
(posted a couple of days ago on our family travel blog, Oh-Go) **** Traveling with kids is akin to traveling with an amplifier. Everything is doubled, trebled, quadripled. The highs become that much higher; the lows, abysmal. When the kids enchant with their winsomeness, the world simply glows; when the bucking, back arching, tantrums are [...]
We entered Ciudad Constitucion by way of the main highway flowing through it. But for the parallel lines of road bracketing the highway, the city reminded me of my hometown Cloverdale, as it was in the late 70’s, early 80’s, before 101 was diverted and trickles from Healdsburg ran over and reached it. Cloverdale was [...]
Traveling with kids is akin to traveling with an amplifier. Everything is doubled, trebled, quadripled. The highs become that much higher; the lows, abysmal. When the kids enchant with their winsomeness, the world simply glows; when the bucking, back arching, tantrums are slipped upon by the children, viscous pools of embarrassment drown me in their [...]
It is interesting to me that I see someone here just about every day with Down syndrome. Perhaps it's just one, but there is usually always someone. It's also interesting to note people's reactions to Moxie. It's plain to most that she's coming with an extra chromosome; it's also plain that she's an extraordinary [...]
We went to Miraflores, a town with a lovely name and even lovelier attitude coupled with unspoiled town loveliness. That's a lot of lovely and indeed, we loved it. Miraflores, the kind of town that seems to be rapidly disappearing in the Baja, the kind of town with small shops that specialize in one thing [...]
This is the thing about traveling with kids: everything is double. Amplified. Revved. It's more of whatever it was. The baby is screaming? It's more hellish. The kids are laughing and playing with each other in full on delight? It's about as awesome as it can get, especially for two exhausted parents after a night [...]
I have been posting as much as I can (with our highly limited internet access) to our family travel blog, OhGo (Oh! The Places We Go). OhGo is a huge labour of love – months and months in the making. I hit big brick walls called CSS and HTML and WordPress and Themes and Domains [...]
*they really liked each other* Lots of the travel stories are up and running on 'Oh-Go' – Just click on any photo and it opens up to a post. xo – m4
