… I totally have this! I’m a rock-star! I can drive, sort of communicate, drop my kid off at a French speaking school every day like it’s no big deal, make friends… life is a breeze! Just at that moment, I realized I don’t have this. At all. After a busy week shuttling Ben and …
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One Day Down…
…about 180 to go. Dearest brave soul, you did greater than the greatest great I ever imagined. We are talking like, “Egh, it’s no big deal” levels of great. You walked right into that French speaking world with a comfort and ease I barely recognized. I am so at peace, so sure, and so in …
To my American African French fry…
The sweetness of an opportunity waits for you in that classroom tomorrow. In just a few short months you will be bi-lingual. One of the cool kids whose life brings them the beauty of knowing more than one language. All day I hear people floating between English, French, Dutch, German, and Karundi with ease. It’s …
the language sharks
I can not believe that in just a few days our world will change again. Your first day of school. I am so nervous for you, and for me. I am worried that your inability to speak like them will shape you and change you… And it will shape you, your first day in a …
Sometimes, but not always…
Sometimes, but not always, I think this might be too hard for me. There is a frustration growing in my belly so intense I think I might explode with it. It radiates, strengthens with each breath, and flutters around my insides like a caught bird. Sometimes, but not always, this world makes me want to …
A China Crap Tricycle
Neo just fell over on his new “crap-from-China-but-we-were-desperate” tricycle that he’s too small for. We’ve had it for about two hours and it’s already broken in two places. We got it at the one shop in town, T2000, that sells things straight off the boat from China. Even the sales staff are from China. What …