I’m dedicating today’s Throwback Thursday post to Notre Dame. As I sat hypnotized in front of the television on Monday watching her burn, it was as if someone had taken a match to a page of my own story. In flames, this place that had born witness to 850 years of the best and the worst of humanity, to the ravages of war and the triumphs of love, and to one freckly-faced American girl’s coming of age.
While we decided on this excursion at the last minute, putting the least amount of thought and effort into it, it turned out to be the most meaningful of them all. Our family together, honoring loved ones gone too soon, ushering in new life, and feeling hopeful even in the face of great odds.
I’m starting a new lecture series today, Throwback Thursday, where I reflect back on past travels. There’s a cruise from Seattle to Japan this summer that I’m dying to take and it has me thinking of my first trip there at age 12. So hop in the DeLorean and hold on as I set the dial to “1990.” Hope you brought sunglasses, there’s going to be a lot of neon.
Given name Sarah, but also answers to Prof. Cruise. Retired after 10 years as a college professor to focus full-time on her primary research interest: travel. With a concentration in cruising. Home port: Seattle. Mom of a shaggy-haired dog and a shaggy-haired human. Lover of books and dessert. Fancies herself a bit of a comedian – you’ve been warned.
