hello america
We’re back! Continue reading
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Author Archives: Alex
numbered days
We’re still here, but not for long. Continue reading
all gone
How Alex tried and failed to have a low maintenance pack out. Continue reading
change of plans
The original plan was for me to leave Benin in mid-June and go directly to a temporary assignment in DC, which I’d stick with until my due date in mid-August. But as is so often the case in the Foreign Service world, plans change. Continue reading
we bought a house
In addition to the things you know about — living across the world from one another and raising a toddler and growing a baby and starting a new job and getting ready to leave one post and bidding on our next post — there’s something we haven’t mentioned yet. We’ve been house hunting, too. Continue reading
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a letter to the future
Because Flynn won’t remember Benin himself, I’ve decided to take a moment to collect some memories on his behalf and scatter them here on the interwebs for him to hopefully discover at some point in the future.
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making lemonade in london
We made the most out of a recent medevac by turning it into a mini family reunion. Continue reading
birthday parties
We’re not sure how it happened, but somehow our baby is now two. And Alex reflects about American style birthday party prep in the context of an expat life. Continue reading
home
As he grows up, what will Flynn think his home to be? Will the concept of home even matter? Continue reading
you know you’re an expat family when…
…your toddler says something that you’re fairly surely is neither his native English nor his second language French, and so you ask his nanny if she can decipher his message, and she explains, “He’s speaking Danish. He had a play date with his Danish friend today.” Continue reading