At the risk of sounding entirely self-serving, I am going to share with you a development I hope expats*, cross-culturals, current and adult TCKs/CCKs, global nomads and repatriates alike will find heartening: the rise of books chronicling all and sundry aspects of expatriate life. I know my mentor, Jo Parfitt, will find this gratifying as […]
Posts Tagged ‘living overseas’
Invisible Ink
Posted in Adventures Big & Small, Blogging, Change, Creativity, Emotional Resilience, Expat Life, Family & Friends, Life Balance, Light Bulb Moments, Sandwich Generation, United States, Writing, tagged blog posts, blogging, book, cancer, children, creativity, dog, expat life, family, getting creative, illness, internet connectivity, living overseas, Oli, Panera Bread, parents, planning, plotting, posting on my blog, progress writing a book, Starbucks, surgery, travel, treatment, tumor, visiting, visiting family, wifi, writing on October 25, 2012 | 12 Comments »
It’s been almost three weeks to the day since my last post. Believe me, I know. It’s been weighing on my mind. Not in an ‘oh cr@p, I have to post something on that d@mn blog’ sort of way, because this blog has never been like that for me. It is a labor of love, […]
O is for Open
Posted in Adventures Big & Small, Blogging, Culture, Crosscultural, Intercultural & Multicultural, Expat Life, Expats A to Z, Writing, tagged bittersweet, blogging, characteristics, Expat A to Z, expat life, horrible, living abroad, living overseas, open, open arms, open eyes, open-hearted, open-minded, painful, the good, the just plain odd, the not so good, traits, writing on July 21, 2012 | 14 Comments »
Recently I introduced Expats A to Z, a new series of posts about the little things that can make a difference in how we approach some of the challenges and experiences of expat life. I’m talking about those qualities and traits that we can nurture within us to help not only survive, but thrive amid […]
Celebrating an Adventure in Expat Land
Posted in Adventures Big & Small, Culture, Crosscultural, Intercultural & Multicultural, Expat Life, Family & Friends, Netherlands, New to Nederland, Travel, United States, tagged adventure, California, expat, ICTY, living overseas, Netherlands, The Hague, US on December 28, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Earlier this week we had a wonderful celebration of sorts. Despite being late December, we weren’t celebrating the Dutch Second Christmas (Tweede Kerstdaag) or the British Boxing Day. Instead, we were celebrating the end of Bryan and Danielle’s (current) adventure in Nederland. I first heard from Danielle back in the summer when she contacted me […]
Adventures in Birthday Land
Posted in Adventures Big & Small, Expat Life, Writing, tagged Adventures in Expat Land, birthday, expat blog, living overseas, one year old, writing on November 21, 2011 | 22 Comments »
Ahh, birthdays. Such an important and loaded rite of passage, full of reflection on the year that has passed and promise for the one to come. When we’re younger, we look forward to birthdays with all the joy and wonder of a child’s perspective. We count down the days, dropping a sly hint or three […]