The First Lady of the family and Mama Nomad. Mandy loves to spend time with her family, travel, explore and read. She is the primary daily educator and overall household manager. Mandy is credited with being the inspiration behind venturing into this Nomadic Lifestyle.

Beauty Of Life Lies

The true way to live is to enjoy every moment as it passes, and surely it is in the everyday things around us that the beauty of life lies. – Laura Ingalls Wilder Continue reading

Smile Because It Happened

Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened. – Dr. Seuss Continue reading

Hoping For The Best

Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between. – Maya Angelou Continue reading

Fail By Default

It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default. – J.K. Rowling Continue reading

Worry Is Like A Roller Coaster Ride

Worry is like a roller coaster ride that you think will take you somewhere, but it never does. – Shannon L. Alder   Continue reading

Very Special

I just want you to know that you’re very special…and the only reason I’m telling you is that I don’t know if anyone else ever has. – Stephen Chbosky Continue reading

Happy Birthday Noah

On each nomad sons’ birthday, I always spend time looking back at years past. Marveling over how they’ve grown, how they’ve changed, and how they’re not my “little” baby anymore. I commonly shed some tears the night before, thinking how they’ll never be “this” age again. Today, I’m thinking back… Continue reading

A Writer

A writer is a world trapped in a person. – Victor Hugo Continue reading

Warmth Of Summer

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness. – John Steinbeck Continue reading

Love Can Do That

Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. – Martin Luther King, Jr. Continue reading