The Traveling Liar

November 20, 2018 by Cazey Williams in Cazey's Column, Life In Your 20's, life lessons, Humor

My parents have never taken kindly to my travels. When I say “parents,” I mean my mom. My dad only cares that I’m financially secure. “Yes, Dad, I can afford this impromptu trip to Amsterdam, but I won’t decline your $20 for gas money.”

My parents’ apprehension does not surprise me. Until this year, they hadn’t been on a plane in 30 years or ever been abroad. On the other hand, I had talked of distant lands since third grade, so I don’t know why anyone was surprised when I hopped off to Denmark three years ago…and then Amsterdam…and then Qatar, Germany, Costa Rica, Italy, Portugal, Spain, etc.

Travel, Transformations, and Going Up On a Tuesday

October 11, 2016 by Cazey Williams in Life In Your 20's, Cazey's Column, life lessons

This Saturday I get on a plane and fly to Doha, Qatar. When I started this year, I wanted to make my resolution to travel abroad this year. I have wanted to travel internationally since grade school. In third grade, I dreamed of Egypt's pyramids. In middle school, it was the greenery of New Zealand. And in high school, I just wanted to go somewhere.

Someone told me about the Peace Corps in tenth grade. I remember hearing this woman's experience and deciding irrevocably I was going to be a Peace Corp volunteer - right after college, I thought. I also told myself I would study abroad in college.

And I did try to. But I am one of those blessed children whose parents helped them with their education, but that also meant following my parents' rules. My parents are practical people (sort of like me). My dad has never been on a plane. He did all right. Why should I spend $10,000 for a European vacation? he reasoned.

I Traveled Abroad…And It Didn’t Change Me

May 30, 2016 by Cazey Williams in Cazey's Column, life lessons, Life In Your 20's

Gasp!

What?

It didn’t?

BLASPHEME!

The title says it all. I’ve been abroad, and I am still the same person. I could even throw an expletive in there. I am the same. F*cking. Person.

This might not be news to a lot of you, but I feel I need to address the general blogging/Pinterest/Instagram/millennial community. Anyone who uses social media is barraged by quotes and essays on travel changing you, why you should travel, "TRAVEL TRANSFORMED ME," etc.