Lucca has felt like home. This has been both a good and bad thing. Good, because we've fallen into a mess-of-a-routine that has made a week fly by. Bad, because it wasn't until four days in that I realized how unique each building is. This is something I normally observe right-off-the-bat. I can't help but… Continue reading Dolce Follia
This trip has been filled with so many highs and memorable experiences. It has also had its fair share of challenges. We expected them–the challenges–but that doesn't make them any easier once we encounter them. They sort of sneak up on us, and it turns out that whatever frustration we're dealing with most likely has… Continue reading Parenting Abroad
It feels like forever since I last wrote. Probably because there are so many feelings, thoughts, and experiences that I've had since being here. While I want to write about it all right now, it'll have to wait for another time that I find myself lucky enough to have one child asleep and some free… Continue reading A Birthday for the Books
Today, it has been raining practically non-stop in the small city of Carcassonne. There's been a bite to the air that tells me to put some socks on and make soup for dinner. That's exactly what I did today. The apartment is small but not small for Europe. It's just the right size for my… Continue reading Walking in the Rain
I'm in an awkward stage of life. One might say our teens take that title by a long shot, and while it is indeed a formative phase, I personally would call it fickle before awkward. I am thirty years old, and in a stage where big life choices are made by many in my age… Continue reading The Awkward Stage
