…while you’re still young.“
If I hear that from one more person I’m going to scream! Countless people have given me this "advice” after my recent trip to Italy.
I spent three weeks with the Ginger, my parents, my sister and my Italian cousins in Rome. We saw all the traditional Roman sights (Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, Colosseum), traveled to to a few different cities in Italy, and best of all ate and talked with my Italian family. All of these experiences just make me want to come back again and again, but I’m constantly told that when I have a baby I will basically be chained to the U.S. and stuck in a minivan driving to Ocean City, Maryland.
I politely smile at these “wise” adults that are trying to help me prepare for my future, but on the inside I’m reminding myself that I can never let that happen. I want to see everything and go everywhere. I hope I can allow my future children to do the same. I will never stop traveling and exploring…even if that means I need to bring a stroller and change dirty diapers in front of the Roman Forum or inside the Louvre. I will do whatever it takes, because honestly is an 8-hour plane ride any different from an 8-hour car ride to the beach?
