by Laura Janis Thompson 

“Living in Brazil was a turning point in my life, a moment where something within me changed. I changed. For although I wasn’t a writer then—I never wrote a word beyond those penned thoughts I captured on fragile sheets of airmail paper I sent off to friends and family—I became one in Brazil. I found my imagination in all those moments I ate mussels on the beaches of Guarujá, prying open shells with greedy, salty hands, standing in the blissful stillness of the streets of Pointe Del Este by a navy-blue sea, and posing beneath the towering statue of Christ on Mount Corcovado in Rio de Janeiro, misty clouds sifting through my outstretched fingers like blessings.”

In this intimate collection of essays and illustrations, the author shares her inspirational journey in search of life, love, personal growth, and adventure.