In the spring of 1991, I was 13 years old. The week before spring break, my Dad learned he had to take a business trip to Louisiana, which meant he would be gone the entire week I was out of school. This news threatened to put a damper on the fun of a great [...]
When I was 21 years old, I traveled alone to London, England where I attended the University of London. The night before I was to board my flight, my host family called and said I couldn’t come early like I planned because they were unexpectedly leaving to go out of town for two weeks. This [...]
