The Beginning

jour-ney [jur-nee]

noun, plural -neys, verb, -neyed, -ney-ing.

-noun

1. a traveling from one place to another, usually taking a a rather long time; trip: a six-day journey across the desert.

2. a distance, course, or area traveled or suitable for traveling: a desert journey.

3. a period of travel: a week's journey.

4. passage of progress from one stage to another: the journey to success.

-verb (used without object)

5. to make a journey; travel.

Origin:

1175-1225; ME journee day <>diurnata a day's time; day's work, etc. equiv. to L dirun(us) daily + -ata, fem. of -atus

As we pondered a "title" for our blog, the word Journey popped up over and over again.  I looked up the dictionary definition online and found the word to be most appropriate for our blog title.

"... a traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time."  The drive from San Antonio, TX to Nashville, TN and from Nashville, TN to New Orleans, LA each took a rather long time.

"... a distance, course, or area traveled or suitable for traveling."   My work travel area: MN, WI, MI, KS, MO, OH, NJ.  Usually each week I am in one of these states.

"... a period of travel." Both personally and professionally we have been traveling since 2003.

"... passage or progress from one stage to another."  Brad and I met when we were 20.  The summer we started dating he was studying for the MCAT exam.  Since then, we graduated from college, he graduated from medical school, he completed his intern year at Vanderbilt, and started ENT residency as a PGY2 at Tulane.  And we look forward to the next stage!

Our wish for this blog is to share our journey with family and friends.