Maggie Queen

Rita and I landed in Liberia at the Guanacaste Airport on October 27th. Typically, the rainy season goes from early May - late November, with September and October being the rainiest months on average. October did not disappoint. At this point in our move, our shipping container with all of our belongings had not yet arrived, so until I could go out and purchase a bed for one of our guest rooms I stayed with our builder and friend, Franck, and his partner Maria. The first night of our stay it...

The first time we visited Costa Rica was in August, right before I was due back on my teaching contract for the school year. I'm the trip planner in my relationship-- so obviously I had researched ad nauseum every aspect of the trip; climate and weather, transportation, lodging, activities, one million different places to eat...you name it, I had information about it. So we knew that arriving in August meant arriving mid-rainy season and we set our expectations accordingly. Stop 1: La...

As stood on my front porch for the last time in Galveston, Texas, the tears finally came. Not cute ones either... the full-body tears that come with grief, because in that moment that's what I felt, no matter that the next steps I would take would be leading me somewhere amazing. I felt grief for ending the chapter of my life that has brought me the first house I ever bought, which my construction contractor husband turned into my favorite place on Earth, and to the island and friends that...