When someone smiles at me, I realize that I am probably smiling at them. One of my highest priorities in life is to see people smile back at me.

Students always smiling in Korea
Korean subway, met Elvis’s doppleganger.. though not wrong.. didn’t feel right..
Everything is for sale – Cambodia
tuk tuk – Cambodia
Holding the chick – Cambodia
This is one of my favorite smiling pictures.. I wish I knew what led up to the laugh.. I can only imagine.
Mask festivals, tea ceremonies and historical re-enactments in South Korea
My students always smiled in Korea.
Angie in Korea.. always smiling for the camera
Cultural hike in Korea
Snakes make you smile at Para Falls
Smiling???? in Korea
Venezuela, Took 3 men to hoist this post. Well not really but they wanted to pose with it.
makes me smile
Kids at play with very big knife – Cambodia
More favorite smiles that bring favorite memories
Para Falls Boat ride smiles.
Wow.. another favorite smiler in Korea
Dancing in Korea — smiling memories.. miss those days
Mother’s Day.. let’s mess with mom – Maracay, Venezuela
Foot Bridge in Delta Orinoco Venezuela
Only when I am surrounded by my sisters and my daughters can I truly be myself. When I watch them, I am watching myself. When I see them laugh, cry, be goofy, be angry, I am seeing a modified reflection of myself. I am a part of them and they are all every part of me. Even when I am not with them, they are with me.
“She was beautiful, but not like those girls in the magazines. She was beautiful, for the way she thought. She was beautiful, for the sparkle in her eyes when she talked about something she loved. She was beautiful, for her ability to make other people smile, even if she was sad. No, she wasn’t beautiful for something as temporary as her looks. She was beautiful, deep down to her soul. She is beautiful.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald
Fun with friends is when I am also most myself. Smiling at others to have others smile back at me is what makes me feel most myself.
Paragliding in Merida, Venezuela with Guamanchi Tours
Guamanchi tours in Barinas Venezuela rafting trip
Truly some of my favorite smiles in DC
Chile with another one of my favorite smilers
Venezuela Animal Safari with friends and family
Friends in Korea shopping.
Starting the Trip in New York
Over the top smiles in Venezuela
Enjoying Chilean wine in Chile with good friends.
Sport Chumps smile for the fundraiser.
New York
Playing with some kids at an orphanage in South Korea. Worked with the Organization PLUR started by my friend Danny
Hollywood – Caracas
A break – Going to Chile for wine tasting
Go Navy – Caracas
Rafting in Barinas Venezuela with Guamanchi tours.
Happy hour in hollywood – Caracas
New York
Mask Festival – Andong – Korea
Doesn’t get any better than this, I’m sure there’s a Malbec in there somewhere. Wine tasting in Chile
Made the front page of the social times in a local newspaper just by being there. Seoul Korea
Lunches in Korea
Lunch with friends in Korea always brought a smile.. always a laugh
Animal Safari with Guamanchi tours in Los Llanos
Smiles or fishlips in Korea – favorite smiler
Best friend in New York. She always makes me smile
4th of July – presenting a front – Caracas
Swimming in a forgotten river in Venezuela with good friends. So beautiful
Good-bye lunch – Korea
Seriously one of my most favorite smilers in DC
Skydiving in Higuerote, Venezuela with Skydive Venezuela
Funny how smiles can make lasting impressions in DC
Canyoning in Merida with Guamanchi Tours
Smile for the foto – Valley Stream, New York
Happy Hour in Hollywood – Caracas
Mother’s Day lunch with great friend and her family of over 15 years.
Skydiving in Higuerote, Venezuela with Skydive Venezuela
Good times in DC and 3 of my favorite smiles
Santiago, Chile
New York
Elmo New York
Rasberries in Colonial Tovar Venezuela
Back of cabs with friends. Iphone 5.
DMZ – woot woot – Korea
Possibly a Malbec – Bogota
Awkward smiles in DC..
“This life is for loving, sharing, learning, smiling, caring, forgiving, laughing, hugging, helping, dancing, wondering, healing, and even more loving. I choose to live life this way. I want to live my life in such a way that when I get out of bed in the morning, the devil says, ‘aw shit, he’s up!”
― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
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