September 2018

Travel Makes Us Better Humans Travel tends to make us better people all around. It helps us break down barriers and build bridges of understanding between our own culture and others. You’re less likely to be prejudice of people once…

For years my in-laws have been harassing us about having a baby. “If you didn’t want children, why did you even get married?” They asked. So, when we found out that I was “expecting,” F was super excited to tell…

I used to think that I was pretty good at learning languages because it seemed easy enough to pick up words here and there on my travels or remember Farsi that my dad taught me. However, it turned into a…

Growing up, I was obsessed with getting out of the U.S. to see the world. I couldn’t wait to get on a plane and go somewhere that I thought of as exotic and cultured. And I totally took the U.S.…