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• Sorry Excuses and a Hall Pass 11 years ago When I started this blog less than a year ago, I had too much time on my hands. I was a fairly new expat struggling with the adjustment process. For the first time in my adult life, I didn't have a job or volunteer commitments keeping me over-occupied while the kids were at school. So I began...
• Christmas 2012 11 years ago 'Twas the day after Christmas and all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. The treasured, precious, post-holiday peace - what bliss!We've now survived our second Christmas in Germany. In many ways this was better than last Christmas, as we're more settled and have worked...
• Cherishing Traditions: American Thanksgiving in Germany 11 years ago Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday.Unlike Christmas, which is mired in commercialism and bears the "burden" of thoughtful gift giving, lavish decorating, and endless obligatory festivities (kids' school parties, your office party, your spouse's office party, the neighborhood cookie...
• Growing an International Family Through Exchange 11 years ago At a reunion with my host family October 2012Sometimes I'm not sure how to answer simple questions like "How many children do you have?" or "How many brothers and sisters do you have?"Because in addition to my four biological children, and my two biological brothers and four step siblings, I have...
• Apologies! Life got in the way... 11 years ago So this is something of a travel smörgåsbord post; thinly disguised as an apology for having shirked my writing responsibilities for so long. You see, lately I've been way too busy living life to find time to write about it. I've drafted dozens of posts in my head while traipsing through the...

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