‘It’s good to do hard things’

My daughter, Hannah, graduated from high school in May, the culmination of the last 13 years of public school and the commencement of the next step in her life. At the beginning of last August, with her senior year and applying for colleges both looming, we began searching for scholarships. I got online and found...

‘I read. I travel. I become.’

Road Trip Tweet from 2012: We’re listening to “Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl” while driving in preparation for visiting the Holocaust Museum later this week. I think back to that tweet often when planning road trips. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum was a highlight of our trip to Washington, DC, that summer....

Road trips and food – what to pack and where to eat

‘I want to try everything once’ As a little girl, I remember my mom popping popcorn and placing it in bread bags in preparation for our summer vacation. We’d always have a big bag of Brach’s assorted candies and a few cans of Pringles. Food is an important aspect of any road trip, both what you...