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All CIA kids (and other “spy kids”) will understand and appreciate the Moscow Rules. I’m sure anyone involved with any other western intelligence agency will recognize them also. For those who are not familiar, I thought I would share one of the more unique experiences of my childhood. I am an ATCK and was raised […]

From Bitter to Sweet. Militia entrenched in the veins of war, virus and toxins to even the score. Denial and curses now blacken the air, “Slaughter awaits you ‘merica, beware!” Migraine starts with the throb of the bomb, Smart seeks silently Saddam and Son. Invasion revisits, drama unfolds, stories of battle heroics soon told. Water […]

I just realized why I always “hate” christmas. It’s not because I don’t love Christmas. I do! I’m Eastern Orthodox (long story but I converted to that and this is apparently “typical” TCK behaviour, so ….) Anyway…I just realized why, every year, for 20 years I “hate” Christmas. It’s not because it’s “commercial” and there’s […]

Carried up to skies of cobalt blue, Midst ivory white where the sun sits Bowing lower in the sky Until it stretches forth its brush To paint out the colours of day with sunset hue and rest its head beyond the horizon. The fluorescent moon greets me Snuggled up in its blanket of stars It […]

[Warning: This may be a depressing post. I just feel like I need to let it out and I figure this will be a good place to do that because I think the emotions I am expressing stems from my TCK lifestyle. Thanks for understanding.] It’s that time of the year in the US – […]

The other day I was asked to go and get food for some friends. After collecting the cash I headed over to Mc Donalds and carried on through the drive through. I ordered the food and paid for it and drove over to the second window where a rather obese lady with greasy skin asked […]

As a TCK don’t you feel like you are always struggling or striving for something? Sometimes you feel like you need to get somewhere so that someday someone will understand…and then that day did come…now what? Before fall of 2006 I was pretty much a “struggler” I guess I can call myself that LOL I […]

Well, here it is! A poem with the intention of painting a picture of commercialisation taking over the festive season. Santa’s Dying! Santa’s dying his time is nearly up, too much coke, cookies and sweets, too much stress in his old age! Dodging planes and sliding from steeply pitched roves, too many small chimneys filled […]

As some of you know I like to write poetry. The power of poetry is that you can get people to look at something, compare it to something else and get an understanding of the experiences involved. Here are a few examples of writing poetry to help others or myself understand certain issues. The issue […]

So You’ve Just Discovered You’re A Third Culture Kid For the longest time, I was shunned by other people, whose (mis-)judgment of me destroyed any confidence, self-respect, and self-love that I had. From being accused of lying about where I’m from (the mind-killer question), being weird, or stupid for not doing things “normal” people do […]