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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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Tag: language learning

Homecoming

As soon as travel restrictions lift, I hold my breath and buy an airline ticket home to Minnesota. My friends … More

COVID, expat, faith, homesickness, language learning, love, struggles, travel

COVID Bunnies

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

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

The Halo Effect

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

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 … More

expat, language learning, struggles

Language Learning Whirlpool

I have been living in Germany for eight years now with my French husband. We have a three-year-old and an … More

expat, language learning

Ein Multikulti-Hundeleben

Ich heiße Banjo. Ich wurde adoptiert und kastriert.  Nicht in dieser Reihenfolge.  Ich habe ein weises Pfötchen und drei schwarze … More

animals, expat, language learning

Dear Husband, I Love you in German

Lieber Husband,   I want to tell you how much I love you . . . in German.   ich … More

expat, language learning, love, marriage, struggles

A Trilingual Clothing Lesson

In English, a dress and a blouse are for women. A dress shirt, on the other hand, is for men. … More

language learning

At the French Office of Immigration and Integration

After paying 340 Euros, After watching a video informing me that as of 1965, I no longer needed my husband’s … More

expat, language learning

Zwei Tassen Kaffee

Ich möchte, German for “I would like,” flash fires in my ear buds seven times thanks to my handy-dandy Learn … More

expat, language learning, struggles

More followers means more writing opportunities for me! Thanks! Ich liebe y'all!


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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