Living on a military base - especially overseas - and living within the civilian side of the US economy are two very different things....

While being interviewed for a scholarship, I was asked a question I hadn’t considered before: "What is one piece of advice you would pass...

June 20th will mark one full year of me living in Portugal. One full year of ups and downs, of growing and changing, of steps forward and...

I was never one of the kids who could identify a plane during flight, who could name every single squadron, or who could speak of all the...

The cold pressing into your seat. The rumbling beneath your feet. The experience of traveling on a plane, from the rolling take-off to...

With a couple tears streaming down my face, I boldly sang the Star Spangled Banner in a murmuring pub in the heart of The Hague. Having...

Almost two weeks ago, Russia invaded Ukraine. Since then, war has broken out, with citizens fighting in the streets, anti-war protestors...

Swiss fans at a Public Viewing event in Zürich Growing up, I had never been a huge fan of watching sports—now that's an understatement—I...

“Winter is coming” Or… was coming. With the on-and-off snow (depending on where you are) it is hard to tell, and with COVID, nothing is...

I'm sure you've heard that familiar proverb that the "eyes are the windows to the soul." It is so true, now more than ever, as oftentimes...

Hiking the Alps with an international group from church. Nearby mountains already have snow in October! You can read about how I got here...

When you first think of Germany, what do you think of? I, for one think instantly of the classic snow- covered cottages with the dark...

It's November 2013 when Dad calls us from Afghanistan, where he has been deployed for the last year. After he comes back next month, we...

Okay, to clarify, this is one of the most emotional topics for me to discuss. Not because it’s a sad one, but because it brings me so...