We're home!

Posted by Elizabeth. We made it home safe and sound. A bit of culture shock and some time zone adjustment but we're glad to be here.

The last six months have been quite an adventure. As you've read, it hasn't always been perfect and being together every minute of every day certainly had its challenges but overall I'm so glad we did it. 

My greatest lesson from this time is that we all have a greater capacity than we think. We learned we could navigate complicated metro systems and order vegetarian food in a foreign language. We handled daily living in countries and languages we didn't understand. We lived out of suitcases for six months and courageously tackled long travel days time after time. 

Especially for teenagers life can sometimes feel impossible or overwhelming or just too much work. I want our boys to remember that they accomplished so much on this trip and stretched themselves in ways they didn't think they could. I hope it becomes part of their DNA and that they are forever more confident, more open minded and more willing to take risks to truly experience life. 

I need to take a nap now. Thank you all for sharing our adventures. Writing this blog kept us connected to all of you.