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“My soul is from elsewhere, I am sure of that.  And I intend to end up there.” – Rumi

I ran across this quote on Twitter last year and immediately felt at home.  You know how sometimes you hear stuff or see stuff and think “That’s me, that is SO me!”  Well this quote totally struck a cord in my heart and it was the most amazing feeling.  Like I had been looking for just this saying to describe how I felt and I finally found it and now I could stop searching.  Total peace and relaxation.

When I was a little girl, my Mother use to say that I had “Wander Lust.”  Basically, she felt like I could wander just about anywhere and be perfectly content, as long as it was different than home.  I never really understood that until I went off to college and I found myself constantly looking for weekend getaways and fun girls nights on the town.  As usual, Mothers totally know their daughters, and she had me pegged.  She used to say that if someone said “Go” my ears would immediately perk up and I’d be like “When, where?”  I can’t argue with that even slightly.  Just typing this makes me want to go somewhere.

Lots of folks are headed off on vacations this summer (some of us have already been and are ready to go again)! And so I got to thinking about this quote and my “wander lust.”  The thing that I think makes me unique is that I don’t just want to go, I want to remember every. single. minute. of the trip.  I know it has to be super annoying to my husband when I say things like “Wait hun, don’t drink that milkshake, I need to take a picture first!” I just want to be a big huge travel sponge with a camera and experience the world.

When my husband and I got married we started a vaca tradition – a travel book.  Every time we get home from a vacation the first thing I do (after mountains of laundry) is to create a book of our journey.  My hope is that by the time we’re 80 we have an entire library of vacation books to remember our amazing trips together. So far we’ve got 6, and I think that’s a great start after 4 years of marriage!

I challenge you to take time this summer to remember the little things, take pictures of the little things, and make every second special because it’s the little things that make every day memorable and unique.

If I hadn’t taken this picture I wouldn’t have proof that I had just shot my first ever legitimate par 3 or that I had out-drove Chris on hole 14.  See, totally worth making a book.

And this is my most favorite travel memory of all – Lahaina Harbor in Maui.  It’s possible that my soul lives there and I think I should go back every other year just to check on it.