Tuesday, July 26, 2016

The Childhood Keepsake I Bring with Me When I Travel — Go It Alone

(Image credit: Samantha Bolton)

As a freelance journalist, my job takes me to places far and wide: Mexico! Peru! Egypt! Indonesia! Travel, you might say, is my normal.

But as much as I love seeing new places, I often find that sometime around the middle of my trip, my mind drifts to thoughts of home. That’s where my cats, my boyfriend, Brian, and my heart live.

And I find that the more exotic and the farther my destination, the more I need to have a connection to my home. That’s why I travel with this childhood keepsake, an item that has racked up as many miles as I have, traveling the world to more than 70 countries.

It’s my Holly Hobbie pillowcase.

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