Vive La Difference

Looking at our Flickr posts, what stood out the most to me is that we all love our pets (of course we do; they are all so very adorable!) We also seem to love to travel and share photos of our families and friends. In the educational experience photos, many of us used humor to express the compromises we (or our families) have made as a result of having undertaken this experience and the ability to see humor in this shared experience is a commonality we share.

The photos do show myriad differences, however. We are quite a diverse bunch. We enjoy activities ranging from theater to golf, from cooking to kayaking. We like mountains of snow and beautiful, expansive lakes. We spend time in pubs and in museums. We love our kids, but we also love our cars, plants and birds. We like to read about cows that type, but we also like to play the harmonica. It would be boring if we were all the same. As the French say, "Vive la difference!"