Janet N - Powell River, BC

For whatever reason, I have always had a bit of a travel bug, and so has my mother. When I was in about grade 10, growing up in Newfoundland, Mom and I made a pact that we would take a trip together one day. I hand wrote a little contract, we both signed it, and it found a place on my bulletin board and didn't move ... for a long, long time. If I remember correctly the contract stated The Trip would take place at some point before I finished high school.
Well, that was about 16 years ago and last fall The Trip finally happened! My mom and I spent an incredible month volunteering together in Vietnam. It is so impossible to describe what it is I carry away from it the most, but I do know I feel extremely grateful to have had that time - and all those experiences - with her. And if we can find a way to pull it off again, I'd do it in a heartbeat.