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Hope, Home, and the Value of Spring

Hope, Home, and the Value of Spring

Spring has officially sprung this week, the forsythia and plum trees are blooming, bulbs are up, birds are chirping…so what?! Spring has become my favorite season here living in northern Europe for many reasons. People (and birds!) finally can be found doing things outside besides just getting from point A to point B. All that rain finally stops, if even for just a little. All that gray finally turns into green. Thoughts migrate toward plans for summer, vacations, time connecting…

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How to Own Your Inner Expat

How to Own Your Inner Expat

It might be kind of early on in the blog for a post about something philosophical and seemingly political like this, but this blog is about real life and real stuff. Sometimes funny, sometimes serious. So, I have a confession to make: I actually haven’t been a huge fan of the term “expat” and have up until now avoided (meaning: never) calling myself one. Yet here I am starting a blog with the term in the title. So maybe fitting…

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