Monthly Archives: October 2010

The East coast is beautiful, much more so than I ever thought.  It is so green!  Green!  Green!  Green!  Granted it is crowded, but the trees are able to hide the feeling of urban sprawl except in the downtown areas. I recently went for a drive with a friend from work through Amish country inContinue reading “Amish Country”

Dear Foreign Service parents (or any parent out their who has moved a child out of the country): I need your advice.  How have you prepared your children for Foreign Service life?  How do you prepare them each time you change posts?  What has worked for you and what hasn’t? I would appreciate any andContinue reading “Soliciting Advice from Foreign Service Parents”

When Jason and I were dating and engaged, he worried that our financial backgrounds may have problems meshing.  His father was a rancher, my father was an attorney.  In his mind, I came from a rich family and he did not.  He worried about what it would mean to marry what he considered a richContinue reading “Is My Husband Wise or Just Cheap?”