When You Want a Beautiful Home and Don’t Have One
We just moved into our third home … our third home this year. In a few weeks we’ll move again. To another temporary home. (Because our plans changed). We’ve been married almost twelve years, have lived in nine different places, and have never owned a home. In one of our foreign apartments we had a bathroom […]
When Life Overseas Blows Your Pride
I stood in the market and stared down at the dairy products. I was determined to buy milk instead of yogurt this time. The trick was figuring out which was which. I started shaking each jug at my ear, listening for the swish of liquid milk or the sludge of thin yogurt. Aware of how ridiculous I […]
Ten Ways to Thrive Overseas
If you’re popping over here from A Life Overseas, a warm welcome to you! This week’s theme is “Top 10 Anything!” We’re all giving ten tips, resources, recommendations, bits of wisdom on anything at all. Can’t wait to see what everyone comes up with for this. If you’re new around here, be sure to join the community […]
6 Ways to Build into Your Marriage Overseas
Many of us arrive on the field armed with little more than good intentions and a partner by our side. Little do we know how much our marriage relationship will go through as we enter a new world and try to live out those good intentions. We’ve had some incredible posts this week about how […]