What adventure did you send your child off to do?

In a couple of days, my daughter is taking her first plane flight on her own. She’s changing flights in a strange airport and leaving the country on her own for the first time as well. She wanted to do this and seems very excited about it. I’m glad she’s going to do it. She’s on a leadership development program and will be helping fix up a school in Guatemala with 20 other kids from around the world.

I was 20 the first time I left the country on my own. She’s 16. That was quite an adventure for me. When I stepped off the plane in Belgium, I had no money for food and I had to take a train halfway across Europe before I would meet my family. At least my daughter will have emergency money in case something happens.