Comments on: Just A Little Push

By: Chuy's - Houston, Texas

Chuy's - Houston, Texas — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:01:08 +0000

[...] back in Texas, a place where my family has lived for quite some time now, is a bit of a culture shock. Everything *does* seem bigger in Texas – straight from the [...]

By: Mom

Mom — Sun, 09 May 2010 18:30:55 +0000

Thanks Kayt…Can’t wait for the next adventure as long as there is no hang gliding involved!

By: Travelingmama

Travelingmama — Sun, 10 May 2009 23:31:34 +0000

I love this series! Everyone’s stories are so amazing and so inspiring! Here is mine:
http://travelingmama.net/?p=2100
Hugs from Morocco!

By: wandermom

wandermom — Sat, 09 May 2009 20:13:14 +0000

Reaching for the kleenex…

I’ve really enjoyed these posts folks, you’re all lucky to have such great relationships with your respective moms. I couldn’t travel with mine, we’d kill each other :)

By: Carolina

Carolina — Sat, 09 May 2009 01:38:04 +0000

I know what you mean about always being surprised that more kids don’t get to travel. When I take a class of mine on field trips, I’m still always surprised how few of them even get out to parks and places in their own hometown. Some of them rarely get to the beach, and we live 30 minutes away from it. I give them homework every summer: go visit new places.
Oh and psst Jamie, come to San Jose, lots of good taquerias. Just don’t go to Chipotle, as my sister said, it should be illegal to charge $7 for a burrito.

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 08 May 2009 19:57:03 +0000

Thanks Jamie, for the Mexican food story (?). And thank you Kayt for the wonderful thoughts about your Mom. She sounds lovely.

By: Jamie Pearson

Jamie Pearson — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:40:08 +0000

I love this Kayt, and I cried too.

Also, I just have to say, I’m right there with your mom on prices. Just recently a Mexican restaurant opened in our town. For reasons no one can adequately explain to me, there is a dearth of good Mexican restaurants here in Palo Alto, which is in freaking CALIFORNIA. Which is practically Mexico.

Anyway, Rich, Max, and I went to try it out and were charged $38 for 1 cheese quesadilla and 2 burritos (no drinks). There was no restroom available for customer use, and no indoor seating (just a few tables on the sidewalk outside). If paying that kind of money to eat mediocre food in what amounts to a parking lot isn’t the sign of impending apocalypse, then I don’t know what is.

I digress. Happy Mother’s Day.

By: Rebecca Tompkins

Rebecca Tompkins — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:28:17 +0000

Oh, good. I was feeling a little silly about the fact that I got teary, too. Am so glad to see that I was in good company!

This was a beautiful post, Kayt. The perfect conclusion to a great series!

By: Kara/MountainMama

Kara/MountainMama — Fri, 08 May 2009 12:40:30 +0000

I don’t know if your mom got weepy, Kayt. But I did.

Kudos to an excellent series, ladies. These posts all week were great.

By: Mara

Mara — Fri, 08 May 2009 11:29:19 +0000

Kayt, this is such a beautiful post and definitely passes the tearing-up test. I have a lot of admiration for you and your mom for all that gutsy travel you do. I love that you describe your adventures with her as “seeing what kind of trouble we might get into next.” And I think that you are already setting a great example for your son.

Like your mother, my mom also encouraged me to be independent at a young age and it is part of what has made me unafraid of going into new situations. In Florence, I rode the city bus to school every day with my sister in tow, although I was only 9 and spoke very little Italian. And lo, I survived intact.

I’ve enjoyed this series so much and have found it inspirational – I even wrote my own post based on this same idea: http://www.motherofalltrips.com/2009/05/florence-italy-1980.html