Birthday Shenanigans
The month of May is a special one to me; I have given myself permission to celebrate for the entire month, and especially the weeks before and after May 11, the day my mother birthed me. I live by the philosophy that if you're going to celebrate, celebrate big--don't pin all your hopes on that one day, but celebrate many, many days. Words to live by. So every good thing that happens in the month of May, I attribute to a celebration of life. This month was no different, and Allen planned our next awesome adventure to coincide with my birth-week. This past week we traveled to the north of Vietnam, approximately 30 miles from the border with China, to a place called Sa Pa. The ride on the bus took about 6 hours to go close to 200 miles. We chose to go during the morning when we could see the landscapes of Vietnam; an option was to take a sleeping bus, but we passed on that idea. Wednesday: We left home just after 6 am and for 5.5 hours we traveled no more than 500 feet above se...