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Five months and nine days after we entrusted our most important belongings to the postal service, our final package arrived! When we unwit...

We have now lived in our America house for 6 months! There are still moments when I think, “How is this our house? How do we actually live h...

One year ago I rushed around uplugging appliances and zipping suitcases, making sure everything was ready for our vacation. We bundled up in...

We bought a house. In America. Well, we are in the process of buying a house. One Saturday in June, on our third morning of house-...

Contrary to all previous experiences, I am strangely optimistic about health concerns. I said, “You should get it checked out, but surely...

The paparazzi  The other day Juliana’s 7 year old friend was over.  As I was trying to get the internet to work so I could play a video ...

We have now been back in the America for over 10 months. 10 months! That is by far the longest we have been here since we got married 11 ye...

 ~ Known ~ “I will miss this next year,” I lamented, looking around at a group of mom friends. On a rare mom’s night, we sat talking abo...

...an abnormal number of your family pictures were taken in airports You frequently refer to yourself as “a foreigner.” When you ...

We made six trips to the pharmacy in one day, plus a few more on the following days.  Part of our back-to-China buying frenzy is getting a...