As a small-town girl, I always dreamed of seeing the world. We dream constantly, with aspirations higher than the clouds, yet too often our dreams never become reality. My family didn\u2019t have much, but my parents made the most of our childhood\u2014which I know couldn\u2019t have been easy, hauling around a bunch of little girls. They took us on trips, mainly to Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee\u2014a place I still love to visit today, full of fond memories. (I\u2019ll share more about Dollywood in an article to come.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Traveling wasn\u2019t something I took for granted. I remember being surprised when a classmate told me they had never even been to the town over. Until then, I had thought all families traveled. We were lucky\u2014our parents managed to save money to give us experiences that shaped our childhoods. I didn\u2019t fully appreciate the sacrifices they made until I got older.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those trips planted a love of exploration in me that has never faded. Seeing new places and experiencing different ways of life made my world feel bigger and more exciting. I remember stumbling across a caf\u00e9 called \u201cRoadkill Caf\u00e9\u201d\u2014probably a spot many would pass by\u2014but my dad and I went in. If I recall correctly, we just got a milkshake, though I can\u2019t remember for sure. Still, we couldn\u2019t see a place like that and not stop, even if the whole family didn\u2019t come inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My love of travel comes from my mother, and it\u2019s one of the reasons I\u2019m starting this website. Growing up, we would sit and talk about places we wanted to see. My mother often spoke of Ireland and Maine\u2014places she had always dreamed of visiting. Hearing her describe them made me want to go there too. She painted them as exciting and beautiful, even though she had never seen them herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over the past few years, I have begun turning my dreams into reality. I haven\u2019t traveled to as many places as I hope to yet, but I plan to change that. None of this\u2014my travels, this website\u2014would be possible without God\u2019s grace. I owe all of it to Him and everything He has made. His beauty surrounds us if we only take the time to notice it, and for me, that awareness deepens every time I travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, welcome to my website. Here, I share my stories of travel\u2014from quiet backroads to beyond\u2014celebrating the journey, the discovery, and the joy of seeing the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As a small-town girl, I always dreamed of seeing the world. We dream constantly, with aspirations higher than the clouds, yet too often our dreams never become reality. My family didn\u2019t have much, but my parents made the most of our childhood\u2014which I know couldn\u2019t have been easy, hauling around a bunch of little girls. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel-stroies"],"yoast_head":"\n