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While traveling, there are lots of little reminders that this is not where you belong. Many of those reminders, when you are a tourist, are good: new foods, different landscapes, different languages. Some of those reminders can be somewhat uncomfortable, and especially on a long trip those uncomfortable reminders tend to pile up. I have…

There are moments that seem too perfect to bear. We were riding ATVs behind the Valley of the Queens in Luxor, Egypt. I looked like a bandit, with my scarf tied over my mouth and nose. It had been 104 that day, but finally, the sun was sinking low in the sky, and a cool…

There are moments that feel like heaven on earth.             It could be a particularly penetrating song that digs into your chest and draws you up. It could be an invigorating interaction with a friend or gifted stranger, when they see you and know you in such a way that you can feel the Holy…