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Revisiting Costa Rican Paradise at the Andaz Papagayo

by Kenan Hill | Feb 8, 2017 | Central America, Hotels, Travel, Travel Tips + Reward Travel

  Last year, we uncharacteristically booked a long weekend trip to Costa Rica with only one week’s notice. (We’re usually planners.) This year, we uncharacteristically decided to go back to the Andaz Papagayo. (We usually like to try new places.) But getting a...

Year in Review

by Kenan Hill | Jan 4, 2017 | Central America, Europe, Golf, Lifestyle, Personal Reflections, Restaurants, Travel, United States

2016 The past year was a difficult one personally.  The loss of my mother-in-law to cancer and the continued decline of my dad to early-onset Alzheimer’s were not things that my husband, Nick, and I expected to face in our twenties.  (You can read more about how I...

Luxury Retreat at the Andaz Papagayo, Costa Rica

by Kenan Hill | Jun 14, 2016 | Central America, Golf, Hotels, Travel

Good for: Families, Couples, Romantic Getaways, Honeymoon, Spa Retreat   How to get there: Airport: Liberia, Guanacaste (LIR) Direct flights from Atlanta, NYC, Houston, LA, Miami, and others (also San Jose, Costa Rica and Panama City, Panama). The roads between...

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A friend recently asked about what I’d learned f A friend recently asked about what I’d learned from grief. I did not give her a very succinct answer, but I think I could distill it down to a few things: Accepting that life is and will be difficult (thanks, therapy!) helps me move through the hard things rather than look for someone or something to blame. Experiencing big grief—like losing my dad and mother-in-law—helps me notice grief in lots of other places. Naming the smaller experiences with grief (instead of dismissing them) helps me know how to take care of myself in those moments. I think we’ve all had to grieve our visions for the future over and over again during the last year and a half. Grief is a universal experience. We may not all experience it in the same way, but it’s a tie that binds us in the human experience. I’ve formed really beautiful connections with others through shared understandings of grief. Grief has no destination… it’s a journey we’ll be on the rest of our lives. It ebbs and flows, it shifts, but it’s always going to be with us. It’s not something to fix, but something we learn to live with. Just today, I saw a box of Trader Joe’s brand oreos called “Joe Joes,” which left me with a pang of sadness while standing in the checkout line. My dad’s caregivers at his assisted living home affectionately called him Joe Joe. In summary, life is messy and complicated, so be kind to yourself and your fellow humans. 💙
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