We are three generations of our own girl gang and we moved to a foreign country during a worldwide pandemic.

And when is it the time to take such fearless actions?

In order to teach my children that travel is a vital part of growth and passion - I do what comes from within - when the mood strikes. And the fact that I am a retail buyer and my work dried up - sometimes choice is chosen for someone with intention and a bit of luck.

The hard limestone base of The Yucatan acts as a foundation of powerful feminine force but also as a door that opens into the many passageways of the 10,000 + cenotes underground by way of exploring one's own choice and personal eye-opening freewill.

It’s been almost 3 years of life in Merida - has it been easy and completely blissful - well... being accepted fully into a traditional foreign culture is difficult. Especially that of me being a single mother.

What I / we have learned and what we will take with us always is that being true to oneself and those that surround you is the best you can do wherever one calls home.

Respect and acceptance of those that surround you - has been an interesting... learning, teaching & instilling such values in your children in dual languages when your kids speak better than the parent and grandparent; life becomes somewhat comical at times and frustrating at best.

My twin girls and my mother have become the best of friends. Honest engaging conversations over after school happenings have become the highlights of our everyday lives. Tearful at times but mostly speaking about cultural differences from when my mother was a young girl growing up outside Philadelphia in the 1940’s to me growing up at their age in the 1970's in West Philadelphia. We were children, vast generations of difference and pre electronics - bind us together with an ease and chuckle. As the girls could not even imagine, having no computers, internet and such.

When dreams turn into reality and matter of factly awakening - it wasn’t what you expected - I most usually love the unexpected twists, turns and roads not travelled… Yet, I stopped and took a long look, listened carefully to my family and the community that surrounded us… and decided - change is inevitable and we want a change. And it’s okay to change and continue on… We’ve been lucky - we created something tangible and exciting and decided to move forward wherever that may be… it is what it should be. Where that will be - we don’t know exactly. I do know - we are over the moon excited that we are fearless enough to be able to do so.