Home Blog - Select -HomeBlog M is for Mother April 22, 2020 , In: Expat Mommy , With: One Comment 0 I became a mother much earlier in life than I had anticipated and in a more dramatic way than I had ever could imagine. I became pregnant at 25, just as when I started […]
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Home Blog - Select -HomeBlog L is for Laila April 16, 2020 , In: Expat Mommy , With: No Comments 0 Many years ago, I read Khalid Hussein’s novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns. In this book, a woman gives birth to a daughter who she names Laila. In Arabic, Laila means “dark beauty.” I did […]
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Home Blog - Select -HomeBlog K is for Kids April 13, 2020 , In: Beijing Mommy , With: No Comments 0 It’s funny really how I always wanted to be a mother. I would do everything much better than my parents and I would have all the patience in the world. I used to do […]
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Home Blog - Select -HomeBlog J is for Jogging April 13, 2020 , In: Big in Beijing , With: No Comments 0 I never thought in my life I would actually attempt to write about jogging. Yet here we are, the last two weeks I pushed myself to go running almost every day. I can […]
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Home Blog - Select -HomeBlog I is for Insomnia April 11, 2020 , In: Expat Mommy , With: No Comments 0 Oh how I wish to get back to the days when I would party hard, sleep harder, and wake up refreshed and ready to do it all again. The youth is wasted on the […]
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Home Blog - Select -HomeBlog H is for Happy and Healthy April 10, 2020 , In: Expat Mommy , With: No Comments 0 My parenting motto has always been “Happy and Healthy.” As long as my daughter grows up to be happy and healthy, I have succeeded as a parent. It took me very long […]
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Home Blog - Select -HomeBlog G is for Girlfriends April 9, 2020 , In: Uncategorized , With: No Comments 0 I have always been very vocal about having a tribe and a community. I have always had girl friends, through work and even after becoming a parent. Not a big bunch, but enough to keep […]
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Home Blog - Select -HomeBlog F is for Fashion April 9, 2020 , In: Beijing Shopping , With: No Comments 0 There is really no other word for I could have chosen to blog about than fashion. I have loved fashion as long as I can remember. I would save up my pocket money to […]
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Home Blog - Select -HomeBlog E is for EAST April 6, 2020 , In: Beijing Woman , With: No Comments 0 I have been thinking about the letter E for some days now, but nothing stuck in my head. I could have written about exercise, education, or even eating food. But nothing felt right. Then […]
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Home Blog - Select -HomeBlog D is for Death April 4, 2020 , In: Expat Mommy , With: No Comments 5 It seemed only fitting that I dedicate this entry to death. Death is part of life; it is the one thing we are all going towards in our lives.The one certain factor. I sit […]
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