Thursday 29 May 2025, Todd and I visited CERN for the first time since moving to Switzerland nearly 6 years ago. I am surprised I did not make this trip before now. All in all, it was fun and I learned a little something. Which means, I want to go back so I can lean more!😁

We did not stress too much on this first visit… we mainly wanted to do the campus tour and we achieved that and a couple more experiences. I do not know who I would recommend this trip to… definitely could be fun for young kids. Every time I experience something like CERN I regret not knowing about such places when I was very young. I could have paved a very different path had I been born into a family that valued education and experiences… a family that wanted success for their kids… it just was not in the cards for me. I am thankful that I tried to encourage education in my children, but even with that I did not know to give them experiences beyond our own backyard to encourage them to dream big… two generations of lives not reaching their full potential because I did not know how to see beyond my own vanity… did not work on my own narcissism to be a better mother… did not listen to myself because I trusted societal expectations of me… I want to break that cycle.

Even as read over what I have written I see changes I need to continue working on. Self-improvement… a never-ending cycle. Oh well… let’s do better tomorrow.💜