Language Learning to the Rescue
Pregnancy brain is a real thing, but I thought it couldn’t catch up to me. I took pride in my sharp, dependable memory. A few months into my first...
Category: Life Overseas
Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
The Dilemma 98%. Yes, we are talking about education this week and no, that is not a test score. You see, very early...
Looking Through a Window
Before this spring, I knew about Velvet Ashes but not Connection Groups. One night, I stumbled across a link that led me to options to join a Connection Group....
Ten Real Ways to Invest in You and Your Family
“Ok, well, that got exciting.” I said to my husband after a whole bunch of things went wrong and we weren’t sure what was coming next. We were tired,...
Feeding the Mind
It took me days to pack my bags. I weighed and re-weighed each suitcase, shuffling the heavy things, narrowing down what could actually make the final cut. I took...
Sticky, Murky Messes Are No Joke
There weren’t a lot of travel options in Mongolia during the early 90’s. There also weren’t a lot of paved roads, so returning from the capital city (Ulaan Bataar)...
Unlikely Places
They had trained for this. In circles where they could speak freely, they listened to women share fears about their upcoming births. With calming tones, they...
Space to Connect
There were 5 of us. Women of different generations, living in different places, at different stages in our overseas journey. And yet we shared the same call of a...
The Process of Arriving
I was not as prepared as I thought for the process of moving my family from my passport country to the small nation of Iceland. The hardest part wasn’t...
A Pep Talk For Those Who Go
You know what I feel like we all need about right now? A PEP TALK. (First, go watch this pep talk.)...
