Life Abroad & Personal Reflections Archives • Destination Weddings in Japan

Dee: The Light That Holds It All Together (Happy Birthday)

Some people walk into a room and change the temperature. Dee changes the weather. She doesn’t need to be the loudest, or…

Sometimes, our mentees unknowingly give us the pause we don't think we have time for. Here are the thoughts we're carrying into…

A reflection on motion, meaning, and the memories we chose to keep in 2025.

It’s just flipped to December 8 here in Japan. That means it’s birthday celebration time!!! So here we go… There are people…

We arrived home at 2am to find soup and a gin advent calendar at our door. Gifts from friends who knew we…

There are goodbyes you brace for… the ones you mark on calendars, the ones you prepare speeches for. And then there are…

There’s a suitcase in the hallway (again). A ticket on the counter. A GPS ping from a new hotel. Another goodbye echoing…

There’s a phrase we hear too often about marriage: settling down. But what if marriage isn’t about settling at all? What if it’s…

There’s something meditative about running. That slow conversation between the body and the mind. The rhythm of feet against pavement. The quiet…

Brisbane Beginnings I’m from Australia. From Brisbane, to be exact. (Dee will write one on Tasmania soon!!!!) And while my passport stamps…

There is a specific type of kindness that blooms quietly in Japan. Not loud. Not grand. Certainly not hashtagged. It is whispered,…