#holidays – Modest Thoughts

Jamaica to New York

January 22, 2016 by Alice 2 Comments

Jamaica, Jamaica I know I’m a little late with this post…but what can I say? Life happened. But since we’re still in January, I thought it would still be appropriate to talk about our recent end of the year, holiday trip. For the past 6 to 7 years, my husband and I have been alternating … [Read more…]

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