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Widowed. Kids flying the nest. So, I’m doing the logical thing: quitting my job, packing up our family home, and buying a one-way ticket. This blog follows my year-long sabbatical of ‘what’s next?’— from the poignancy of sorting through memories in Hong Kong to the thrill of a literal and figurative new beginning. Think of it as Book 2, with some familiar characters and a whole world of new ones. Join me as I pack up, and backpack my way into and through a sabbatical year of discovery, where the journey itself is the plot.

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