Most people go to the beach for a week in the summer. Mike Valigore & Kelly Hatch went to Sub-Saharan Africa — for 4.5 months. While the rest of us were sipping mojitos in lounge chairs, Mike and Kelly were getting charged by elephants, swimming with great white sharks, visiting some of the most ravaged […]
Interviews
Permanent Vacation Masters
The original plan was to retire early. Then, Betsy Talbot’s brother had a heart attack. And a close friend, a brain aneurysm. Betsy and her husband Warren, suddenly had a new perspective on life. The longest vacation they had ever been on was a week. They decided they should travel for a year. Then they […]
Died & Brought Back to Life
In 1993, Julie was driving to have dinner with her sister when a teenager ran a red light and went through her driver side door. She was hit so hard that the majority of her brain stem severed from her head. When she arrived at the hospital she had no blood pressure or brain activity. […]
57 Yrs Old & Not Married
Jean is 57. She has never been married and never had children. She never thought about being marriage or having a life partner until now. Here is a bit of her story. Did you consciously choose not to marry and not to have children, or is that the way that your life played out? It’s […]
Long Distance Marriage
Patricia had a two-year job contract in Paris. It was a great opportunity for her, but not for her husband. They decided she would move to Paris while he stayed in Toronto. Four months after returning to Toronto, her husband moved to San Francisco — for two years. Here is a bit of her story… […]
Signs of Good & Bad Couples
As a wedding planner Robyn Bruns of Red Letter Event Planning helps create the perfect day for Chicago couples. In doing so, she learns a quite a bit about the bride, the groom, and their tastes in flowers, venues and entrees. Sometimes, however, she learns things about couples and their future marriage that perhaps they […]