I Need My Mama Tribe
I need my mama tribe. I remember when I first became a mother, and someone asked me if I’d made any “mommy friends” yet. I brushed it off with a casual, “ah yeah – I have a couple, I guess,” and didn’t...
View ArticleWhat Does Your Husband Do?: The Secret Identity of the Expat Wife
Of all the questions a modern woman expects to be asked when meeting someone for the first time, “So, what does your husband do?” is not one that would’ve been on my radar. In fact, it would have...
View ArticleI Won’t Tell You That You’re a Good Mother
I’m not going to tell you that you’re a good mother. I won’t even tell you that you’re doing a good job. Because when I do, you’re going to think back to this morning when your toddler threw that...
View ArticleI Know We Just Met, But Wanna Be BFFs?: What the Expat Sisterhood Has Taught...
Making friends has historically been an area fraught with uncertainty for me. They say that you carry your childhood scars with you, and I, like many of us, had my fair share of playground exclusion,...
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