n March, Cindy Sebring Adams and Diana Albritton from Sebring embarked on an adventure of a lifetime. Upon meeting in 2012, there was an immediate connection of empowerment, support and adventure. Through Diana’s group Lunch Club Wednesday, a group of ladies traveled together to her home in North Carolina for a weekend retreat where they became known as the Mountain Mommas. They share trials and tribulations, travel and celebrate life together. During a 2018 Christmas gathering of the Mountain Mommas, avid traveler Kathy Day mentioned she was going on vacation again to Morocco and encouraged the ladies to join. It didn’t take much convincing for Cindy and Diana so the planning began for a whirlwind vacation. This was the first time Cindy would be traveling out of the country or for an extended period of time. Diana had studied in Spain in 1980 and visited Italy in 2018. This trip was way out of their comfort zone, for many reasons. With both women owning their own businesses and having family responsibilities, it’s not an easy task to pick up and leave your responsibilities behind. Whether you own a business, have a spouse and kids, are single or have limited financial resources for travel, it’s important to make time and discover new adventures. You don’t have to have a lot of money or friendships or travel experience, all you need is to make time to enjoy life. Yes, I said make time, because if you don’t make time, you will never find the time.
Streets of Paris
I think it was important they decided to embark on this journey together because planning a trip of this magnitude isn’t easy. There are no direct flights from the States to Marrakech, Morocco so they had a few options where they could fly into for a short visit. Each destination having its advantages and disadvantages, it was decided that they would fly into Paris, France. It was the perfect choice in my opinion. As some of you know, Cindy is my mom and although I was very excited for their trip, I was a bit apprehensive. She does travel from time to time but has never left the country, much less gone half way around the world for 10 days. She was fearless. Cindy and Diana knew they were the perfect duo with like-minded hearts focused on life’s rewards, wanting to choose more and having no regrets! Seeing them take on this new adventure with such fortitude and fearlessness was empowering.
Heartland LIVING June July 2019
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