Have you ever been so confident you were right—only to be embarrassingly wrong?

That was me, on a vacation in Mexico.

In August 2022, my family and I joined friends and relatives for a trip to Mexico. 

One day, we decided to tour Isla Mujeres, a stunning island with gorgeous ocean views. Each fam...

I knew the bike ride wouldn’t be easy, but I didn’t realize how grueling it would be—I almost quit.

It was August 2024, three years after I moved to Chicagoland from Colorado.

My soul yearned to return to the replenishing mountains—a place where I had often found refreshment amidst life’s joys and...