As a kid, I would go to India with my parents and we’d be dragged to random people’s houses for chai and a quick visit. Sometimes it would be family members, but from time to time, my parents would go visit the parents of their friends. I never really understood why–they weren’t necessarily close with their friends’ parents, why go visit them? I’m finally understanding why.
Getting Over My Fear of Talking to Strangers
Here's a video that showed up in my newsfeed and was sent to me by a friend the day after we got back from Eilat--it fit really nicely into the...
“Eilat” on My Mind
Eilat, pronounced "a lot", is Israel's southern most city but almost feels like it's in a league of its own. Located on the northern tip of the Red Sea, it's...
Two Weeks Later…
Prelude: I decided to take a leap of faith to travel, including leaving my awesome job and the people who had gone from colleagues-to-friends-to-family over the course of 5.5 years and...