Getting to Paris

Getting To Paris is the story of taking the first step, and then all of the necessary steps afterwards, to actually travel to Paris.

Unlike most travel memoirs, where the authors have been relocated for their careers or have taken a sabbatical in order to travel, this story is about traveling while working at a regular job and being a mother and wife in a typical middle class suburb. Most travel memoirs are also written by people who seem to have endless amounts of money and unlimited budgets. Being an elementary teacher however, makes the way this author went about saving money for this trip different, and ultimately more relatable for the average person.

This story is about how achieving one’s dreams takes more than dreaming; it takes planning, saving, and preparing in order to make them happen, and will encourage others not to let their regular lives stop them, but to realize that their goals are within their reach, even if those dreams are as far away as Paris.

Cover illustration by Madison King
Book and Cover Design by Ben Lawless