The Bus Leaves in 5 Minutes: A Family Adventure Story

This is a guest post by Jayme Beckelheimer Porkolab

schoolbus The Bus Leaves in 5 Minutes: A Family Adventure Story For the most part it always happened in the pre-dawn hours. You know, the time of day when the moon has almost faded from the sky…..it’s still dark out, but birds are chirping and the sky is starting to get a slight tinge of a dark purplish, pink. That’s the time of day it would normally happen.

It wasn’t on a …

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7 Life-Changing Vacations To Help You Regroup and Rethink

vacation 7 Life Changing Vacations To Help You Regroup and Rethink Do you need a life-changing vacation?

Sometimes we get swept away by the current of life.  We wake-up, rush to get ready, hurry to work, come home, make dinner and go to bed without ever really living.

We become stressed out, burned out and worn out.  One day we wake up and realize we are just going through the motions.  Life has lost its meaning and purpose.

We feel numb.  …

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Get Outdoors: Rejuvenate Yourself With A Hike In The Woods!

img 2395 Get Outdoors: Rejuvenate Yourself With A Hike In The Woods! Do you ever feel like you need medicine for your soul?

There is nothing in this world that rejuvenates me like getting outdoors!  My wife and I had the chance this past weekend to get away for three days so we took a little trip to the Fort Smith, Arkansas area. 

We chose this area because a few years ago I went on a backpacking trip with a couple …

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Things I Love About Traveling To New Places

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I’m traveling this week on a business trip.  I’m staying in Atlanta, Georgia for a couple of days.  This is a short trip, but it reminded me of the things I love about traveling.  Taking a trip is a fantastic way to stretch yourself outside your comfort zone.  Traveling is always such an adventure because regardless of how far you are going there are so many unknowns involved.  I like …

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13 Things You Absolutely Must Pack For Vacation

windowslivewriterxthingsyouabsolutelymusttakeonvacation 65bfpacked car thumb 13 Things You Absolutely Must  Pack For Vacation Those that say you can’t take it with you never saw a car packed for a vacation trip.  ~Author Unknown

We are packing to take a family vacation next week.  We are driving about five hours and staying at a nice resort on a lake in Missouri.  We are making lists and trying to be sure we don’t forget to pack anything important.  I think we do this every time …

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