Everybody Needs an Allison
“Hello?” I said into the receiver. It was 2006, before cell phones had eradicated the need for landlines. “Kayla, hi. This is Allison.” My...
Category: Life Overseas
Life in a Glass House
The “Glass House” phenomenon, they call it. We are all familiar with it. As strangers in a foreign country, we are a novelty. People want to touch us, talk to...
Dancing the Footsteps of the Long Goodbye
We just did that thing again. That thing where you wave at your dad from behind the glass, shoes off and boarding pass out. One or two children huddle around...
20/20 Vision
I am an adult third culture kid. My first memories come from early mornings on a rooftop in the southern part of Pakistan. We would sleep on the high flat...
What I’d Go Back and Say to My Culturally Stressed Out Self
Dear 2008 Self, Hey girl! Just want you to know you're my favorite! How's it going? Oh wait. I remember. Not super....
What’s In Your Suitcase?
I’m really not a poet, but given the task of writing about something as daunting as packing, I became one. ***** Pack!...
Enjoy These Tried and True Recipes
Where as I could live on brown rice and stir fry, my hubs and four hungry kids need their western food. Frankly, if I didn’t cook comfort food for...
Haphazard Hospitality
You know in life there are those things you REALLY want to be good at but are also REALLY afraid to try in case it (likely will) go quite badly?...
10 Survival Tips While Your Husband Is Away
Out of the past twelve weeks my husband has been gone six of those weeks. I love serving our family here while he heads to Africa and South America (his...
Clean, Green, and Not-So-Mean
It matters. It matters how we use the few dollars, renminbi, baht, pounds, euros, and pesos that come and go through our hands. For our health and that of our...
