I get deep and vulnerable as I reveal the downward spiral of an adventurous life turned reclusive.

I share a potentially ruinous experience when a well-planned trip to Hawaii gets turned upside down and becomes unexpectedly amazing.

a special trip to Ireland that I took with my sister to retrace our roots..and where I found part of my heart in the Emerald Isle.

I talk about the last trip we ever had as a full family...a Disney vacation we wished we could re-do and appreciate just a little bit more.

My trade show travel adventures...some crazy times with my bosses and co-workers were some of my best times.

A London proposal. What should have been a romantic getaway was a bit anti-climactic with a touch of foreshadowing.

Butterfly Travels' trip of a lifetime. Traveling fearlessly through Europe with nothing but a backpack and some peanut butter and crackers.

Butterfly Travels: Studying abroad in Barcelona was the most profound experience of my life. I finally had learned who I truly was.

Butterfly Travels. Fame bit me hard while watching my professional wrestling boyfriend hit the ring in Philly.

Butterfly Travels. Ah, the good old clubbing days of college down in Fell’s Point, MD. Those were some pretty amazing times.

Butterfly Travels. The winds of change: entering the new world of college in Elizabethtown, PA.

Butterfly Travels. Virginia Beach, and my confessions of a teenage heartbreak. Sigh.

A school music trip to Toronto. Oh, how I remember this boy I met with the beautiful blue eyes and harmonic soul...

This week's Butterfly Travels chapter. My fondest childhood memories were with my grandparents in Lake Adventure. Peaceful and free.

I take you to my 9th grade trip to Frost Valley, where I learned a lot about life: surviving mortification and learning about real friends.

This week’s Butterfly Travels chapter: Cousin Love in New Jersey. I don’t know how I would have survived the teenage years without them..