A New Chapter Awaits

A New Chapter Awaits

After much anxiety, angst, and anticipation, it had arrived. Moving Day. On a clear morning in February 2023, we found ourselves at the Hartsfield Jackson International Airport in Atlanta with twelve pieces of luggage, two Great Pyrenees in the largest crates known to man, a 19-year old cat, and hearts full of hope. It was…

Author standing in Lisbon wearing a fedora that says Portugal

Portuguese Love

From the moment I first arrived in Portugal in 2020, Teena Marie’s “Portuguese Love” began to loop in my mind. Not just a song, but a feeling—a kind of melodic promise. Even then, I sensed that this country would hold me in ways I didn’t yet have the words for. Portugal wrapped me like a…