Cultures
America The Beautiful. My path to becoming an American was not an easy one. Oh, the angst of standing for hours outside the…
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Resolute
What Makes Me Scottish? Being Scottish is more than just being born in one of the world’s most beautifully green and rugged countries;…
Belonging
Why Oman is my Heart Country. In 2000, my American guy and I traveled to the Arabian Gulf for the first time with…
Rejoice!
rejoice verb re·joice ri-ˈjȯis rejoiced; rejoicing Synonyms of rejoice transitive verb : to give joy to : gladden I’ve been writing on my…
Longing
The longing for Christmas to be evergreen, not ever-changing. There is something about the evergreen tree. Spring, summer, winter, and fall, it remains…
A Forgotten Thanksgiving?
A Forgotten Thanksgiving. As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, it seems like the world is skipping into Christmas already. All over social media, there…
Power Outages & Contentment
I’m remembering the time when, for the third time in a month, there were country-wide blackouts. While power outages are frequent here, they…
Maracuja!
These passion fruit flowers (Maracuja in Portuguese) don’t bloom for long. While walking to and from school in Brasilia, I caught a glimpse…
The Day We Prayed For Lions
I still have to pinch myself sometime, that I am here. Never in my life would I ever have imagined a life in…
Waves of Homesickness
Like grief, there’s no rhyme or reason for the waves of homesickness that suddenly come upon me. The first emotional crash seems to…
Iguazu Falls Brazil
Living in Brazil during COVID meant that for our two-year assignment, we were only able to explore a few places. The Iguazu Falls…
