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When I was ten years old my family picked up and moved to Kazakhstan, and I became a third culture kid. In 1996, my…
Read MoreEmily Greene wrote her first poem in third grade; since then she has traveled to distant lands in search of story. As a Third Culture Kid, Emily has lived in diverse cities and nations around the world. She serves as the digital content coordinator at Prison Fellowship and resides in Virginia with her husband.
When I was ten years old my family picked up and moved to Kazakhstan, and I became a third culture kid. In 1996, my…
Read MoreAs a Third Culture Kid (TCK), I often wrestle with who I was and who I am today. The following are snapshots from the…
Read More“I had a struggle yesterday,” Rick begins. “I got laid off from work.” Rick is a husband and a father. He considers himself…
Read MoreI am going to tell you the heartache, joys and pain of mothering from the inside of prison walls. This is probably one of…
Read MoreAt my desk at Prison Fellowship in northern Virginia, there’s an index card tacked to the wall of my cubicle. On it I’ve written…
Read MoreI could feel the wet Virginia humidity as I watched Loving. As a native Virginian, I slipped easily into the story of these two…
Read MoreI don’t know what to write. I want to write about the recent American presidential election. As an author who writes predominantly about her…
Read MoreSince I wrote last week’s Third Culture Kid post on relationships, I decided I wanted to hear from a first culture kid about what…
Read MoreRelationships are hard when you are a third culture kid (TCK). Because we’ve grown up with a transient lifestyle, commitments can be difficult for…
Read MoreThe hit TV show Gilmore Girls dropped into my life when I was a 15-year-old Third Culture Kid (TCK) living in Kazakhstan. Gilmore Girls…
Read MoreI come from a family of artists. All of us have a talent for some art form, be it painting, design, music, drama or…
Read MoreAs the 40 minute Netflix documentary The White Helmets begins, we hear a plane fly overhead and then the sound of a bomb falling….
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