I’m posting over at Shannon’s today. And if you’ve just popped over from her place, welcome. My post title literally means “Peace to you” and it’s how you say Hello in this part of the world.
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15 comments
October 9, 2008 at 5:12 am
Tonggu Momma
Elizabeth ~ I loved your post. Actually, I’ve loved every single post in Shannon’s series. Thank you for sharing it.
October 9, 2008 at 8:17 am
jean
It was a great post! I just read it and was jumping up and down. I kept thinking – I know her, I read her. Then I realized that no one could hear me and my excitement felt wasted. I’ll have to do it again when someone is home! But it was exciting!
October 9, 2008 at 9:48 am
suz
Your post as always was wonderful~Peace to you too~
October 9, 2008 at 9:57 am
Mamasphere
Livin’ it up over at RIMD, eh? GREAT post. You have such a talent for storytelling and expressing yourself.
October 9, 2008 at 10:55 am
wanda
Neato…….cool post!
What an interesting life!
Thanks for sharing!
October 9, 2008 at 11:12 am
Sarah at themommylogues
I came here from RIMD. I am so completely fascinated by your entire life. I live in the same town I grew up in. Our house is 2 blocks from the hospital where I was born. I did go to college a few hours away, but still in the MN. My daughter has kindergarten in the same room I did. Her teacher did her student teaching under my kindergarten teacher. My dad is the mayor. My sister and her family live on “the other side of town” (which is about a mile). Sometimes I fantasize about just up and moving somewhere exotic. But to me exotic would be more like Wisconsin. Living like you do would be frightening, and so very intriguing! Sometimes it just feels like my roots could not be deeper in this town. And my husband has adopted it as his own too. So if you don’t mind, I’m going to put you in my google reader, and live vicariously through you.
October 9, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Jill
I just read your post over at Rocks in My Dryer. Fascinating and wonderful!! We are also expatriates- currently in Europe right now. We’ve been here for eight months so far, and are learning so much. We have so many ‘nuggets of wisdom’ that we’ve already collected about language and culture. We have our kids in an English speaking school, so that experience is a bit different than your’s. But, they take French classes and, interestingly, 75% of the students do not have English as their primary language and come from over 40 different countries. My kids are just sponges, soaking up all of these different aspects of culture. My daughter has even developed a British accent just since starting school two months ago. In fact, she claims she knows how to ‘speak British’ now. Not something I leaned at age 5!
I could ramble on and on, but I’ll spare you!
I’ve enjoyed a fascinating glimpse into the life of another overseas mom!
PS…I haven’t read into your archives yet- I plan to do that soon. So, I don’t know ages of your kids. But, I have to say that one of the memorable experiences was taking the 10 hour flight with four small kids- three of them in diapers!! What were we thinking!!?
October 9, 2008 at 1:05 pm
LIB
Very welll said! Excellent post!
October 9, 2008 at 7:28 pm
suburbancorrespondent
Good post!
October 9, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Bonnie
“Peace to you” – what a beautiful way of saying hello! Sometimes, English could be a bit less practical and a bit more poetical! 🙂 Great post over at Shannon’s. Thanks for sharing.
October 10, 2008 at 4:54 am
Rebekah
So nice to have read you over there, i’ve added you to my list of blogs I need to read frequently! I’m the mother of a 4 month old living in Hong Kong…it’s nice to read another expat mom
October 10, 2008 at 4:58 am
Charity
Hi, I’m here via Rocks In My Dryer. I too am an American mom (and family) living overseas. I thought your post was very interesting. We live in the Western Europe and have 2 small girls, and one on the way.
Blessings to you!
October 12, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Brownie
Ha! The thought of a live sheep on top of my car to take to a friend’s house to eat for dinner is great! Thank you so much for sharing. I have many wonderful friends in countries around the world – one in the Middle East. I’ll have to send her your way. Great to read your stories.
And, by the way, I like the hair cut. You’re a brave woman. I liken it a bit to getting my hair cut at the mall.
October 13, 2008 at 1:42 am
Rebekah
just wanted to say… UHT milk (long life milk, I think it’s the same thing?) tastes fine. As Americans from the midwest we were really nervous to use it but have gotten used to milk in a box here in Hong Kong…although it’s still imported from australia LOL.
October 23, 2008 at 10:10 am
Annie
a’Laikoum Salaam