Dear Friend, I’m so excited to hear you are getting ready to leave your passport country and move to my host country. It’s great to hear a...

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  Streams of uniformed children walked into school, trampling on the scattered grey snow. As I watched from my window, I couldn’t believe my...

  See the blade twist to a stop See the smoke rise after the pop And I’ve broken another blender Blenders keep breaking; I can’t bear to get...

  Dear Reverse Culture Shock, I have not enjoyed spending time with you. You are a sneaky thief. Beyond that, your identity is ambiguous. Yo...

Dear A Life Overseas , So our mutual friend VelvetAshes  is talking about being understood this week. I first started getting to kn...