By Lily Lin As we approached the island of Amantani, I could see my new family waiting for me at the docks. For the next two days, I would be living with a host family, and getting to know a new 14-year old sister and two brothers, ages 11 and 8. As a continuation of my previous article on the …

By Lily Lin Peru’s Floating Islands When dealing with seemingly endless daily frustrations—rushing to drop off the baby at daycare, fighting traffic to get to work, standing in long lines at the grocery store—it is easy to lose sight of the fact that we are incredibly fortunate.  I am not trying to preach, and I definitely do not want to …

All photo credit: Lily Lin Moonstruck in Cappadocia I guzzled down the remainder of my water bottle, exhaling deeply as I surveyed the barren, arid landscape from the window of my airport shuttle. Aside from the highway of asphalt that seemed to stretch for miles on end, I saw nothing but dirt and the occasional shrub on the side of …