Travel is always a transformative experience for me. I never feel like I come home completely the same. Travel, especially long-term travel, seems to have this way of pushing you: mentally, emotionally and physically. It’s in these moments that you often find the most growth, I think. You discover you have a perseverance you didn’t know about, get in touch with your nurturing side, forge a stronger bond with someone or even, for some, that travel isn’t what you thought. In September of 2017, Matt and I took off for what we call “The Big Trip”. 12 months of travel with a one-way ticket to Bangkok and only adventures ahead. I had no idea that 111 days into the trip we’d be on a plane back to Missouri. Not because travel wasn’t what I thought it would be, but because my body had, in my eyes, had failed me. For a little over a decade, I have struggled with all sorts of issues when it comes to my reproductive organs: pre-cancerous cells, benign masses and cysts. I am no stranger to biopsies, trans-vaginal ultrasounds, CT scans, and even having my cervix manually dilated a time or two. Luckily, I’ve not […]