The Scarlet Letter that Led to Community: Infertility as an Expat
“Thwack-thwack!” Her cleaver severed the chicken on the chopping block as it came down with each powerful swing. We had been going to the same chicken butcher for about...
Tag: Doing Community
A Letter to Fresh Off the Plane Me
After more than a decade overseas, building community is still both the biggest struggle and the biggest blessing. I wish someone had given a pep talk to fresh-off-the-plane Emily,...
A Tight-Nit Community
There was nothing on our island that said "community" like a good old-fashioned lice-picking party. The women chattered endlessly as they combed through each other's hair,...
This Week’s Theme: Doing Community
We get the special privilege of doing community across time zones and borders. Our people are next door and back in our passport country, in our Facebook groups and...
