The Day I Bought a Rug {The Grove: Homemaking}
“I bought a rug,” I texted to my best friend. There was no preface, no following clarifying statement. Just… “I bought a rug.” “Wow,” she texted back....
Category: Life Overseas
The Routine of Relaxing {The Grove: Relax}
I probably shouldn’t be giving advice about how to relax because I’m fairly horrendous at it. Relaxing, for me, takes work. I can rarely make it through watching an entire...
When Relaxing Seems Elusive
I once heard that life overseas is a life of relentless stress. Then I moved and I knew it was true. Several months ago I told my husband I was...
Running with the Goats
I have tried to explain what it means to run in the heat. Living on the equator and near the ocean means there is no time day or night that...
Thoughts on Citizenship from Around the World
Hey friends, today we have a treat for you! We asked the Have You Seen team and the Facebook team to share their thoughts on this prompt: “What _______ taught...
“What’s Mac-and-Cheese?” Finding Belonging as an Expat Family
It was a bright, clear(ish) China morning and I was watching my girls do the morning activities at their preschool. I joined the parents at the gate in watching a...
Aliens and Strangers
By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going....
Forever and Always Foreign
After five years of making my home in southeast Asia, you would think people would stop looking at me like I have little green blobs growing out of my head....
Returning Home
They say, “You can’t go home again.” I don’t honestly know who they are, but I think I’m learning it’s true. I have been...
My Unglamorous Overseas Life
I used to want a glamorous life, the kind that would attract attention and applause. I was the shy, unseen girl for most of my life,...
