“When the road stretches long and dark and ragged, it’s sweetness that remains at the end of it.” LossJourneyEmotionalTravelMemoryIllnessMotherhoodMemoirTravel WritingAlzheimers Book:Braver Than You Think: Around the World on the Trip of My (Mother’s) Lifetime Source: Braver Than You Think: Around the World on the Trip of My (Mother’s) Lifetime
“Nobody warned me about this part. When I envisioned my trip, I imagined exciting adventures, exotic locales, a jet-set lifestyle. I never thought grief and doubt would climb into my backpack and come with me. I pictured standing at the top of the Sun Gate, looking down at Machu Picchu, without ever thinking about the steps it would take to get there. This is the curse of wanderlust, when the postcard image becomes a brutal reality.” EmotionalMemoirFulfillmentAutobiographyTravel WritingMothers And DaughtersAlzheimersBackpackingJourney In Life Book:Braver Than You Think: Around the World on the Trip of My (Mother’s) Lifetime Source: Braver Than You Think: Around the World on the Trip of My (Mother’s) Lifetime