A chat: home, community; all things that matter

“Where is home?” Watch the recording from 37 min onward (or the whole conversation, if you’re really interested 🙂 ) It was wonderful to have been part of this conversation & as you probably know I am truly grateful to MITS&P (MIT Spouses & Partners) for creating this close-knit & safe space for all ofContinue reading “A chat: home, community; all things that matter”

What’s an adventure?

Adventures happen when you go with the flow I am a pantser not a planner. This holds true both for my writing strategy as well as for my vacation strategy. Well, okay agreed, I do plan a bit, but I never set any route/location in stone. As you might have read in my previous travelblog;Continue reading “What’s an adventure?”

What’s in a name?

Third culture kid, Cross culture kid, second generation immigrant, ‘person with migrant heritage’, mixed race, mixed heritage, half-half, the dash…. What’s in a name? Why this desire to describe others in fixed categories? Why do we need to “fit in boxes’? I hate ticking boxes. Recently I came upon this wonderful TEDx talk, which deeplyContinue reading “What’s in a name?”

Raising multilingual kids

Are you raising multilingual kids? Great, I’d love to hear about your approach.Which strategy do you follow? Plurilingualism is definitely my approach. Read this article in the Guardian: ‘We speak whatever language gets the job done’ <– This is what works for me, whether it’ll be successful …. we’ll just have to wait and see.Continue reading “Raising multilingual kids”