Worried About School This Year? Don’t Panic. You Already Have Everything You Need.
This approach is something every parent can do. I’ll never forget the day my mom stopped helping me with my homework. It’s […]
Read moreMy Children Have Always Been Third Culture Kids, and That’s a Good Thing
When you live overseas with children a conversation you might often have is about raising third culture kids, or TCKs. TCK is […]
Read moreThe End of an Era
It was February 2001 when I became pregnant for the first time. That baby is now 17 years old, and probably leaving […]
Read moreTo my sixth child
Dear Pax, You are perfect! You are everything a little boy should be. You are strong and agile. You climb and jump […]
Read moreHere’s How You Can Invest in a Woman’s Future.
They come to my door sometimes, always unannounced, and always with some inexpensive sugary drink or snack to give to me, the […]
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Read moreLost in the Woods
The past 3 years have been witness to a slow forgetting of who I am. Or maybe more accurately, who I wanted […]
Read moreWhat Christmas Songs Tell Us About Hate
It’s all around us this time of year, if we listen. Subversive, revolutionary ideas about how the world ought to be fill […]
Read moreOn Not Taking Things For Granted
We play a little thought game sometimes, my husband and I. It’s simple really. We take what we know about the people […]
Read moreTrying Hard to Focus On the Beauty
My dad’s family had a big reunion this past July. Eighty eight of the one hundred thirty two people descended from my […]
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