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Maintaining Friendships on the Road

According to Our World Data, if you are a keen conversationalist, on average you will talk to three new people each day. Then by the time...

Katie Smith

May 273 min read

Humbled in Hawaii

I've ALWAYS wanted to visit Hawaii, but when I boarded a plane to Oahu for the first time the strangest anxiety swept over me. That's the...

Katie Smith

May 133 min read

From Tourist to Sojourner --Lonely Living

I remember going back and forth on highway 400 every day in the spring of 2015. Every morning and every evening, back and forth in my...

Katie Smith

May 13 min read

Intimacy in an RV?

We are often asked how we have any privacy, let alone intimacy, living on the road with four boys all together, all the time. Well...

Katie Smith

Feb 203 min read

Returning Home?

After nine months on the road, we finally returned "home" for some important doctors appointments. While we don't have a physical home in...

Katie Smith

Nov 24, 20242 min read

Eyes of Shame-City Travel with Kids

I've noticed a trend while walking down the busiest streets in North America with kids. Instead of hiding from the unpleasantries, the...

Katie Smith

Oct 30, 20242 min read

Disorientation-waking up confused

It has happened many times. I wake up, and I'm not sure what day it is, what time it is, or what I'm going to see out my window. I can't ...

Katie Smith

Aug 23, 20243 min read

When You're the Only One-- NOT on Vacation

We often hear late night owls, laughter, or loud music during these warm, longer days. But these noises always reverberate more harshly...

Katie Smith

Jul 28, 20243 min read

I Hate it, but I Love it

“I hate it, but I love it.” My husband and I frequently use this quip, mocking an old workout DVD. The infamous trainer quotes it...

Katie Smith

Jun 9, 20243 min read

Forcing it to Fit

Square peg in a round hole. Too tight. Too small. There are a million and one ways to say that something doesn't work, but it takes...

Katie Smith

May 19, 20243 min read

New Kids on the Block

Being the "new kid on the block" can feel like your a shiny new toy-- fresh, fun, and fairly mysterious. No one knows your full...

Katie Smith

Apr 29, 20243 min read

Cross Between Camp and Mission

We sort of feel like we have been living in a constant state of summer camp mixed with a mission trip. Our stuff is jammed in trunks,...

Katie Smith

Apr 21, 20243 min read

My Oxygen Mask

Recently my cavity-prone child had to get a few more "quadrants" of baby teeth filled, mostly due to overcrowding and a strong gag, but I...

Katie Smith

Mar 24, 20243 min read

Roses or thorns-which do you see?

We had finally made the kitchen at our first home the way I would have wanted it all those many meals made during the years prior. But we...

Katie Smith

Mar 3, 20243 min read

We are getting off...

Stepping off the hamster wheel A friend just told us, "I get up, take the kids to school, workout, work, come home, eat dinner, play with...

Katie Smith

Nov 28, 20233 min read

Scared

My kids were recently discussing what they were scared of after one of them was screaming at the sight of a talking mannequin, albeit a...

Katie Smith

Sep 5, 20233 min read

Intimacy

Most people aren't comfortable talking about intimacy, which makes perfect sense because the word is characterized by an atmosphere...

Katie Smith

May 13, 20233 min read

Keeping fruit fresh

There's nothing more convenient then picking up your food already packaged and purchased either from the comfort of your vehicle or...

Katie Smith

Feb 13, 20233 min read

WHAT WENT WRONG-Travel Tips: Renting

Travel Pros and Cons for a Trailer Within the first 15 minutes of picking up Avenger, our 38 ft rented travel trailer, there was a flat...

Katie Smith

Jul 31, 20223 min read

How to talk to kids about gender identity

We over-complicate by over-simplifying. Concepts like love, truth, and identity are muddied for kids merely wanting to play in the mud...

Katie Smith

Jul 17, 20223 min read

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