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Finding Joy and Purpose in Laos

By Celine Peyraud

I was born in Switzerland in 1980, a very sporty and temperamental little girl. During my teenage years, I first studied languages, then sociology and political science and eventually earned…

By
Christine Sperber

During a trip to Sugarloaf, Maine, in my freshman year of college, I saw snowboarders flying downhill and knew I had found my passion. As soon as the academic

From Rural American Girl to Art Impresario in Vietnam

By
Suzanne Lecht

As I grew up in rural Kansas, I could not have imagined in my wildest dreams the course that my life would take. My journey to becoming an art

Finding Joy and Purpose in Laos

By
Celine Peyraud

I was born in Switzerland in 1980, a very sporty and temperamental little girl. During my teenage years, I first studied languages, then sociology and political science and eventually

An Accidental Tour Guide to the Arctic

By
Mary Gibbons

I’ve taken the scenic route through, well, just about everything in my life! I was married for about 5 minutes in my 20’s (his folks lived in a castle

This is Not Your Mother’s Menopause

By
Meg Mathews

I may be known as Meg’s Menopause today, but the journey here has been full of interesting twists and turns, ups and downs. Everything I’ve done, I dove into

Beginning a Modeling Career in her ‘50’s.

By
Barbara Holmes

Growing up in Canada, it was inevitable that I would embrace outdoor activities in all seasons, however, in the dead of those long winter months, when frigid temperatures prevented

Career Transformation from Nurse to Goat Farmer!

By
Karen Catapano

I grew up in Oyster Bay, Long Island surrounded by animals. My dad brought home a lot of strays and we had a menagerie that included horses, dogs, cats,

How a High School Dropout Became a Successful Educator

By
Agnes Mitchell Hall

At 86 years old, I’m a widow, mother of four boys, one granddaughter that I raised as my own, and retired educator. I was born on July 31st, 1931