February 2023

Picture this: It’s the summer of 2018, and my wife and I are finally taking our two kids—then ages 6 and 9—on that dream Disney World trip we’d been saving for. We’d splurged on park hopper tickets, character dinners, and a suite at one of those swanky resorts. But on day two, our youngest spikes…

Picture this: It’s early 2020, and the world slams shut like a forgotten suitcase. Airports empty out, beaches echo with silence, and that dream trip to Paris feels as distant as a postcard from another era. Fast forward five years to 2025, and here we are—planes humming with eager passengers, cities buzzing with accents from…