12 Things I Would Tell My Younger Self
October 13, 2014
I’m about to enter my tenth year of life in Indonesia and it’s making me feel a bit nostalgic for those early, sweaty, confusing, exciting
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I’m about to enter my tenth year of life in Indonesia and it’s making me feel a bit nostalgic for those early, sweaty, confusing, exciting
I pack Evan’s backpack and hope I remembered everything on the list. This week is my firstborn son’s very first day of school in a
The woman is 32, with a daughter who will turn 4 a month after my own daughter does. Ibu Deby’s older kids are back in
I shouldn’t still be here in Indonesia. It’s been eight years on the same narrow street on the same tiny island. And I just can’t
It’s dinner time. The setting equatorial sun—every day the same time all year long—and my three kids tell me it’s time. And if the “I’m
It all took some sorting out. My Indonesian friend kept going on and on about some mutual friend of ours who is sick. I kept
When I was getting ready to move to Indonesia, I was willing to give up pizza, my mom’s dirt cake and one-stop trips to Wal-Mart.
The woman bounced down the path, her arms pumping strong on her afternoon jog. She looked so fit. So light. So free. I did my
The corner store is smelly, and crowded with others like me—coming for something quick and small. Some vegetables to make dinner maybe. Gas for the
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