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Frozen Ocean Mom

Frozen Ocean Mom

Expat writer gracelessly coping with two kids in Germany and sometimes France

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How to Take Care of Rabbits

This is the first time that I will be leaving my rabbits in your care so thank you! Morning Breakfast: …

animals, love, marriage, struggles

Parachute

As soon as the gate of the daycare clinks shut, my daughter runs to the platform. She clamors up in…

expat, faith, struggles

Christmas Snapshots

We are living through a global crisis right now. It makes me want to run home and wrap my arms…

expat, homesickness, memories, struggles

COVID Bunnies

As I write this, a four-legged little black blob of fur hops across my computer closing the internet and all…

animals, COVID, expat, language learning, love, struggles

I’m Oddly Missing My Toddler’s Swim Class

My daughter scrambled up my chest. Blotchy red marks appeared on my skin. She perched briefly on my wet shoulders…

COVID, expat, love, struggles

Missing Home

My nephew cuts the baguette, my father-in-law pours the wine, and the mourning doves coo in the background. It’s a…

cheese, COVID, expat, love, marriage, multiculturalism, struggles

Social Distancing

There are two people at our home who have accepted social distancing without question. Their daily routine has drastically changed.…

COVID, expat, love, struggles

Highlights from my 8th Grade Diary and a Letter to my 13-year-old Self

A few gems from my adolescent writing: “Anne Frank’s diary was so cool. Mine is not. Maybe some tragedy will…

memories, poetry, struggles, two under two, writing

Fear of Shopping

There are certain things that I am afraid to do with my kids. Taking them shopping is one of them.…

expat, parenting, struggles

To Freeze Time

I want to freeze every moment of your baby years. I want to tuck the sound of your first little…

faith, struggles

The Halo Effect

The mental birthing plan that I had made for our first child went something like this: lower self into birthing…

birth, language learning, struggles, vbac

The First Hour (and a Half)

Mornings with our toddler and baby are so full of highs and lows that it feels like we are all…

expat, language learning, struggles

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I’m a writer and French teacher with a dirty little secret–I hate French cheese. This didn’t stop me from marrying a French man and moving to Germany to start a family with him. One day, I hope to freeze the ocean so that I can ice skate our little monsters, I mean children, to where my heart is in Minnesota. Until that happens this blog will have to do.

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