Temporary TCKid Home

@ thank you Sophie for sharing the pics! They are amazing and breathtaking. Somehow they made me feel… a bit nostalgic… ;:)

@ Hey! I just saw you are in Goleta…that’s only a few hours away from me. Let’s meet up someday and compare notes! (hug)

@ California is the land of anti-Christ. (JUST KIDDING!) I don’t blame. I lived in So. Cal and I completely relate to your experience. And no, you never have to worry about me not “getting it”. I really, truly do get it. I hate it whenever i hear “Amerca is the GREATEST country…” (excuse me while I retch.) All the breast beating and flag waving…[Read more]

@ California is the land of anti-Christ. (JUST KIDDING!) I don’t blame. I lived in So. Cal and I completely relate to your experience. And no, you never have to worry about me not “getting it”. I really, truly do get it. I hate it whenever i hear “Amerca is the GREATEST country…” (excuse me while I retch.) All the breast beating and flag waving…[Read more]

@ Hey Miyon, sorry it took me a while to respond. I LOVE monkeys. Marmosets make the best pets as they are easy to train and seem to love to please. I wish I could get a pet monkey in the US. Squirrel monkeys are fun too, but they are a bit more fragile.

What is your story? Where all did you grow up?

@ Hey Paul – For a web guy, it took me a while to figure out how to read comments I was getting in my e-mail!! Anyways, I was adopted from Haiti, and lived as an MK in Haiti, and Guyana South America. I now live in Athens, GA. How about you? What is your story?

@ Hi, Dianne! Welcome! You are a strong woman to be living as a single woman in New Delhi. My brother and I visited our friend, Padmini, in New Delhi in the 1980s. Despite Padmini’s family being among the more wealthy Indians, there were real daily-life challenges that made me realize (again) how privileged my life is in the United States–water…[Read more]

@ Welcome (again)!! Hehehe.

@ Jiyoon! We should meet up when I come to Seoul
I’m not sure of what month I’ll come in, but def it’ll be at
summer of this year
I will let u know when the time is confirmed :]
Btw does your company hire interns? How do I get internship in Korea?
I asked my friends in Korea about it and they told me that they have no clue…[Read more]

@ Thanks for your feedback! I loved it, Suzanne =]
I know…I hate it when ppl assume things about me when I tell them my experiences
(but then I do the same thing too sometimes)
I don’t like it esp when Americans go all egoistic about the U.S. or expect me to settle
in the U.S. for rest of my life (<-excuse me, it’s my OWN decision. K,…[Read more]

@ Thank you for “stumbling and noticing”, Jiyoon. . . My brother and I can feel your prayers streaming all the way across the globe–we had a wonderful Christmas together, and this week he is feeling amazingly well given how ill he is. . .
I hope your 2010 will be a wonderful year for you, and I will remember you in my thoughts, as well.

@ Rachel,

I stumbled upon your comment on Cynthia’s Loneliness board. I am very sorry to hear about your brother – my wishes are with him. At the same time, I hope you had a great Christmas and new year’s beginning.

@ Hi, Stefanie–Welcome! You are so smart by participating in the conversation on TCKid at your age–it will help you a LOT to adjust in your “boring” setting–my parents never realized that going “home” to the United States was the hard part for me–it was home for them, but certainly not for me! I wish TCKid had been available when I was your…[Read more]

@ Suzanne, thanks for your lovely comment on my wall! Hugs back to you!
I would love to meet you in person some time in my life. You seem to have a lot of energy that just draw people to you 🙂

@ Hi Amanda, I want to thank you for your reaction to my blog. I’m thrilled his books have been a source of inspiration for you over the years! When I see how I live today, I see my dad so much in me, my husband and I are also very big on sustainable living and alternative energy. Like Margaret Mead said, ‘Never doubt that a small group of…[Read more]

@ Tina! So great to connect with you on this cool new social networking site. I’ve heard a lot about the FIGT conference. In fact, I even contemplated going last year. I was born in Houston, so I thought it would be fun to go back, see some old family friends, learn more about my TCK-ness, and meet others who are passionate about helping…[Read more]

@ Hi Rachel,

Thank you for the nice comments. It is always a pleasure to hear from another TCKID. Sometimes I wonder how many of us crossed paths in our travels and don’t even know it. Or how many times we still pass by in an Airport. I sometimes think it would be fun to have some kind of identifier just for us. Maybe we should all should have an…[Read more]

@ Hi, Lewis! Nice to see your profile and pictures.
My family lived in Europe as I was growing up (and my parents lived in Munich 5 of those years). I love Germany, but hardly ever get back there. . . (last time I went was in 2006, when I introduced my partner to “the places where Rachel grew up”, including the Palatinate, Saarland, France,…[Read more]

@ Hi, Tim. Thanks for your messages. I was out of state and busy running in the snow with a dog 😉 I hope you had a nice christmas and New Year’s (But Oshogatsu has not finished in Japan yet).

@ (Rushes into Jiyoon’s office to give her a hug!!!!) Thank you for being my friend and for understanding me. I really apprecaite it . You make a difference in my life. (Rushes back out.)