Yesterday, I wrote about The Breakdown, this is a sort of continuation. With the last breath, that was it. Our diplomatic lives were yesterday, and now, we had to live for tomorrow. Or that was how I felt at least. My Mother on the other hand, went into full Diplomatic mode. The arranging of my …
I came in the door, my Mother looked bug-eyed, her eyes sunken, like she had been hiking in the woods for years and had no sleep or food. Her dressing gown, the silk one, she had from China was tied neatly, her hair birding, like it usually did. It was midnight, the lights were all …
It is a funny thing, the business of keeping a secret, especially if it is yours. When my Father took his appointment of Ambassador for the second time, I swore, I wasn’t going to tell anyone. I just wanted people to like me for me, and not think about my Father’s position. So, when people …
I had never really talked about this, it was only last week that I broke down and told my husband this story. Like most weekends in Venezuela, you go to the beach with your friends. I was picked up by a group of friends, none went to the same school. My Father knew one as …
I often get asked “why did you go to boarding school, and did you like it?” So, I guess that is a fair 2 part questions. So here is the story behind why I headed to boarding school, it kinda came down to one very close call, there were other close calls, but this one …
Every three years, I get itchy feet, I want to move. It is almost instinctive, the moment the itch comes, I am ready to pack some bags and head out the door for another city, or country. I would of course, not do that. I have a child to think about, and I have promised …
I have had this article bookmarked and I totally forgot to share it here. This is a great article on in the Guardian about Third Culture Kids “Am I rootless, or am I free? ‘Third culture kids’ like me make it up as we go along. I still in many ways love that I am …
What is your defining moment, or moments? Not the ones that you proved to be victorious, or the one’s where you feel like you received some kind of glory. I am talking about those moments where you learned something so profound, that it has brought you to a whole new level of life. I had …
