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One of the hardest things about living abroad, for me, is dealing with days like Saturday. When a child gets sick, my anxiety kicks in - because if something goes seriously wrong, I don't have access to the [...]
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The electricity will be out all day today. I’m writing this on a plastic chair outside, on a fully charged laptop, watching the kids build a fort beneath the slide. I’m not sure how long it will last…. I’ve [...]
ON NATURE, JOY, AND BEING HUMAN
I won't bemoan my limited access to books. I could, easily - but I won't. Instead, I'll say this: Podcasts. Thank goodness for podcasts. While baking bread, driving Mia to school, making salt dough, I learn how trauma lodges itself in [...]
WHEN THE CLOUDS SHIFT
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