Connie Johnson

04/30/2024

04/29/2024

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03/30/2024

03/07/2024

Coping with Child Loss; Healing from the Unthinkable with Travel. 🤗💕
Travel can offer a kind of peaceful distraction for your mind. Cherish your memories while embracing new experiences.

This is a fountain near my hotel, Hyatt Regency Wichita, in 2020.



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03/04/2024

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01/08/2024

Thank you all for following this page. I appreciate your continuing support. My aim here is to share a bit of my story, and help at least one person continue in their own grief journey by realizing that they are not alone.🤗💕

01/05/2024

Some great words🤗💕

Our daughter Alex died ten years ago today.

A decade ago I was heavy with grief and I couldn’t imagine what my life would look like years into the future. Try as I did, I just couldn’t see through the fog to even imagine this far ahead. And yet, here I am.

I stepped into a new chapter of my life- a chapter that I didn’t order, plan, or desire. Poetically, that chapter started on January 1st and it serves as a reminder to me each year- a reminder that new chapters of life sometimes start out of necessity. Unfair, uncomfortable, and heavy necessity.

I don’t need you to understand what it was like to lose two children in two years, but I think maybe I’d like for you to know that it is possible to do really hard things if you’re willing to take little steps.

Whether you’re charting a new course with intention or you’ve been plopped down in the middle of a path you really don’t want to be on, please believe me when I say this.

It’s okay that you don’t have a master plan or that the enormity of your new chapter is swallowing you up. Just forget about that for a bit. Just forget about having all your ducks in a row. I mean, why are there so many ducks, anyway? Just forget the ducks and take a step. Once that’s done, go ahead and take the next. If that doesn’t feel right, then reorient and start again. You get to do that.

Oh, and did you know that you can step forward and still really freaking miss what you had to leave behind? You can. I do. I am unbelievably grateful to be in this phase of my life and also, I miss my girls. Both. New starts don’t erase your old steps.

If you’re starting a new chapter, either by choice or necessity, I’m rooting for you. You can do this. Today or any other. You can do it.

I guess that’s really all I need you to know.

Hugs, Mandy 💛

01/04/2024

If anyone is interested, and your son or daughter was on Facebook, you can use this link to find out about...
Managing a Deceased Person's Account
https://www.facebook.com/help/275013292838654/?helpref=hc_fnav
This is probably where I went when I decided to keep my son's account available for people (and myself) to check out past photos, etc. Hope this helps. 🙂💕

(Very old photo of Tim and I in Yosemite.)

10/10/2023

If anyone is interested, and your son or daughter was on Facebook, you can use this link to find out about "Managing a Deceased Person's Account":

https://www.facebook.com/help/275013292838654/?helpref=uf_share

This is probably where I went when I decided to keep my son's account available for people (and myself) to check out past photos, etc. Hope this helps. 🙂

10/01/2023

Memories keep our kids alive. Traveling is a way to make more memories and help us continue to grow. Start a business that can travel with you!

09/30/2023

Courage through travel - don't be afraid to step out of your box. You never know what's on the road ahead.

09/28/2023

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Photo by Tyler Lastovich.

09/18/2023

Remember that there are NO set guidelines :)

09/16/2023

Autumn's coming quick. Please don't forget to care for yourself :)

08/25/2023

Hey Travel Friends!

Here's a couple tips for road tripping:

Before you start a road trip, check out the Google Maps app on your phone. Take a few screenshots of the step-by-step directions (you can delete them later). This is just in case you lose connection while you’re driving. It’s not too common, but it happens. This way, you can just pull over, bring up your screenshots, and not stress about getting lost.

When I’m in unfamiliar territory, my phone is attached to the dash, my next stop is already programmed into Maps, and the audible is on. This way I don’t have to think too much and can just enjoy the scenery!

Be aware that you may be sent on some country roads, or even dirt roads (been there a few times), if Maps thinks it’s “more efficient”. Going somewhere new is the whole point though!

**I don’t do this when I’m totally out in the country, but sometimes I’ll take a scenic route without using Maps (on purpose). Or sometimes I’ll end up on a “scenic route” (lost) when I "thought" I knew where I was going. Then I’ll turn Maps back on and “she” will get me to my destination. Google Maps is my back-up for road trips.

08/25/2023

Cruised to Alaska in May this year. This was my first balcony, and now I'm spoiled!

08/23/2023

Look at the Big Picture. You might be surprised by what you'll see!

Flying OVER a rainbow in May of 2019 when landing in Seattle, Washington.

08/23/2023

Don't be afraid to show your spots! One of the best things about traveling solo is that nobody knows you. You have the freedom to be you, or whomever you want to be at the time. It's kind of like "dance like nobody's watching".

The photo below is a leopard in Siegfried and Roy's Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat in Las Vegas, Nevada (way back when I kept a visible date on my photos).

08/22/2023

Hey Travel Friends!

Here’s a tip for trip planning:

Make a loose itinerary of everywhere you would like to visit on this trip. Make sure you include flights, hotels, addresses, etc. My itineraries change quite a few times before I actually leave; I’ll research the area(s) and find other places nearby that look interesting. Then, copy it to your email and send it to myself. This way it’s always there for you to view if you need to check an address or whatever. We always have our phones handy, right?

You may not get to every stop (I rarely do). That’s OK, because you’re on vacation!

Share that itinerary with at least one other person. This way you haven’t totally disappeared if something should happen at home, or on your trip. You’re still alone, taking your own time, with really no cares, and this is like having a back-up.

08/22/2023

I love castles! Whenever I'm in a different state, and have opted for a rental car, I'll go out of my way to find a local castle. Below is Gillette Castle, located in East Haddam, Connecticut. The state bought this 184-acre property from the (American) actor William Gillette in 1943 for $30,000. The castle was built between 1914 & 1919. There were also some additions in 1924. This was taken in September of 2019.

08/22/2023

Sometimes it takes courage to get out and travel on your own, but you will find out that it was worth the effort!