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Karina Nicole

My baby girl was diagnosed with Turner Syndrome (TS) at 12 weeks in May 2013. Though her due date was December 6, 2013...on August 14, 2013, in my 23rd week of pregnancy, I gave birth to an angel, Karina Nicole Robledo, aka "Sweet Pea". [6:09 pm, 11.9 oz]. I believe life begins at conception and I loved Karina from the moment I knew of her existence. I will always love her. I heard her heartbeat and have her sonograms. I had life inside me. It does not matter for how long. She is my daughter. I enjoyed and embraced each day I had her. She will always be a part of me and stay in my heart forever! She was special, and though short lived, touched and changed my life eternally. We too are connected in an inexplainable way that not even death can separate our love.  “The thing no one tells you about is the relationship that begins after they die.”   -Maggie,  Return to Zero I choose to take my tragedies and turn them into something else — sharing my story in hopes of re
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Year Leading Up to My Departure

Life took me for a bit of a roller coaster ride the year leading up to my departure. In the beginning, I remember attempting to become a YouTuber by making a trial video of the start of my downsizing and minimalist lifestyle. I came back from Corpus Christi after my Dad´s 59th birthday and attempted to get rid of my Christmas decorations. I ´m going to sell all my things and travel!  Well, that was a bust! I couldn't even get rid of Christmas decorations that I didn't even use that year! I hated the way my voice sounded and how I looked in the video.  I thought to myself, I'm crazy. This idea is way out of my league. I began to think of other reasons why I shouldn´t make this crazy idea a reality. For one, I was reluctant to be too far from my family. My mom was a sick and my fear was that something would happen to her while I was traveling. I would never forgive myself if I couldn´t be there. In addition, one of my stipulations before I made any type of move or change
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Thank you, Universe

I told the universe I wanted to leave everything behind to travel, and thats just what it allowed me to do. The universe couldn't have aligned in a more perfect way, to allow me to do something I wanted to do more than anything...see the world! Thank you, Universe! Thinking back to the moment I decided I wanted to travel, I remember it like it was yesterday.  I'm 33 years old and just now getting bit by the travel bug. Before, I mostly focused on dreams of getting married, buying a home with a white picket fence, and having a family with 4 kids. My career was even secondary to this image. When that dream didn´t pan out like I imagined, I opened myself up for new and bigger dreams.  I'm now a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) and have been working in the corporate world for over 10 years. Everyday I went to work, I wanted to do and be somewhere else. I have always felt like something was missing in my life, but never knew quite what it was. It´s said to always lis
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An Adventure of a Lifetime

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I'm going to Spain! I´m traveling overseas for the first time in my 30s. I used my bank rewards points to get a one-way ticket to Madrid, Spain and will be staying with a host family, found through a cultural exchange program, for the first 10 weeks of my journey. I'll be an Au Pair in exchange for free food and accommodations plus a small stipend every week. I'll be teaching English and looking after two boys, ages 5 and 8. The family actually lives about 30 miles west of Madrid in Boadilla del Monte. My hopes for this trip are to learn the Spanish language and culture, meet new people, enjoy travel adventures, laugh a hell of a lot, and dance until my heart is content. Follow me on my Adventure of a Lifetime! One of the first questions people ask is, "How did you hear about this?", followed by "When are you coming back?". Well here is how it all started... First, I thanked the Universe .
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