Keeping Connection Across the Miles

The value of relationships is priceless, even when there is an ocean in the way.

Photo: Colleen Murphy

I am a Jersey girl but I didn’t grow up going to the shore and I never went to summer camp. We went to Disney once or twice, but only because I had relatives to visit nearby. My dad was a language professor and a serious travel addict. He wanted nothing more than to see the world, every place and every chance he got. My…