“You get a strange feeling when you’re about to leave a place. Like you’ll not only miss the people you love, but the person you are now, at this time and place, because you’ll never be this way ever again.” –Azar Nafisi Never have someone’s words appealed to my soul like these. Just thought I’d […]
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You get a strange feeling when you’re about to leave a place…
Posted: 28th December 2012 by admin in Uncategorized1
A Christmas Giveaway: Win a free copy of the book “Fly Away Home”
Posted: 19th December 2012 by admin in UncategorizedTo enter leave a comment on my DrieCulturen blog before the 31st of December 2012. You might win a signed copy of “Fly Away Home” by Maggie Mykleburst. Maggie was born and raised on the Jersey Shore. She is married to a Norwegian and they have lived as expats in Houston and the Netherlands. Link to […]
When non-TCK’s just don’t get it —And then they call you a bitch.
Posted: 13th December 2012 by admin in Uncategorized*WARNING WARNING, RANTING AHEAD. PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK* So today, a good friend of mine moved to France. I was sad, but super excited for her, as it was her first time moving –ever. However, I didn’t really display my sadness, because when I was growing up, that was frowned upon. Plus, when you […]
A-Cross-Cultural-Kids Austausch-Tag am 5. Jan. 2013 – Schloss Hurlach/BY Ein Tag für erwachsene Cross-Cultural-Kids. Cross-Cultural-Kids sind normal, anders, bunt, interessiert, global und lieben den Austausch miteinanderDarum geht’s! Ich bin ich – und ich tu was ich bin! An diesem Tag entdecken wir unsere Farben, wir haben Spaß und überlegen was das für uns praktisch bedeutet. Wer […]
Heard of the book “Expat Alien”? A TCK who went on to be an expat!
Posted: 29th November 2012 by admin in UncategorizedThe book gives insight into the life of a third culture kid. Kathy survived a plane crash, an earthquake and a military coup but to her her life was normal. It was only when she moved to California to start college that she discovered that the other girls didn’t like her stories of her life […]
Hi Everyone, I just joined this week and I just wanted to formally introduce myself to the group. I just edited my profile so I figured it is easier to copy and paste my story here instead of retyping everything! Feel free to add me as a friend and tell me more about your experience! […]
Hi TCKs and Adult TCKs, I grew up in many places just as you did or are doing right now. The longest I lived in one place while growing up was in Yokohama, Japan. After Japan we moved to Alaska, which is part of the US but still far away from the lower ’48. The rest of my story […]
How do you say someone who speaks 3 languages? “Trilingual.” How do you say someone who speaks 2 languages? “Bilingual” How do you say someone who speak 1 language? “……..”　You decide.
I came across a really interesting article that has to do with the good and bad of re-entering into your home country, which I touch on in this blog. I would love to hear about your own experiences with this. My next blog will be about coping strategies with repatriation.  http://megzysmoods.blogspot.com/2012/10/tcks-and-repatriating.html
http://wp.me/pFwyw-dM Any opinion would be appreciated.