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My TCK life





Seasons Change and That's OK
Well, this week has been a week! It flew by so quickly and every minute of every day I was busy, busy, busy! As I sit here at my desk...
Grace Columbine
Oct 18, 20201 min read
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It's okay to be okay.
Back at it again with another Slice of Life post. To set the stage, let's go back six or seven years when I was still in Sénégal...
Simona
Oct 4, 20203 min read
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You Cannot Fail at Your Identity or Re-entry
Whatever the rate and the help you might need, you are never failing.

Rebecca
Sep 9, 20204 min read
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My Subliminal - Learning How to Move Forward
How does one move forward? The truth is, I don't know. But I know that the same God who called me there then is calling me here now.
Grace Columbine
Aug 30, 20203 min read
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Fashion Culture Shock
If any of you have been to boarding school, you'll know exactly what this is about. As a teen, none of it made sense to me. What did a 4...
Simona
Aug 24, 20202 min read
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Anxiety and the TCK.
Search for peace with your past rather than finding something or someone to blame.

Rebecca
Jul 13, 20205 min read
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Kopie von RE-ENTRY: THE BIG SCARY WORD AND ALL THAT COMES WITH IT
I don’t know how many times you’ve heard this word re-entry from your parents, but I only understood what re-entry really meant after...
Salome Deusch
Jul 9, 20203 min read
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When your TCK background prevents you from caring about what others care about.
So, if you recognize yourself in what I’m saying then be reassured that it isn’t just you, and if you’re furious read it again...

Rebecca
Jul 1, 20204 min read
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"Do You Speak African?" The Struggle of Finding Ourselves Between Cultures.
Growing up in many cultures enriched my life in so many ways, I could go on for days about the many blessings I got from being a TCK....

Gabi Salles
Jun 14, 20203 min read
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A Journey Through Grief: Understanding Transition as a TCK
"because in a town where the only
thing you can breathe
are memories,
nothing lives; nothing dies"
-noor unnahar
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Jun 1, 20202 min read
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Pão de queijo - a German experience in making cheese bread
Cheese - man, I love cheese - or cheeses? Is that a word? Two days ago I read a paper on pluralmarking in the English language. Where was I?
Simona
May 22, 20203 min read
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50 Songs that reflect my TCK heart.
"Music either makes you forget everything or remember something." The number of times that I hear an "old" song and it immediately...

Rebecca
May 18, 20202 min read
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COVID19 and the TCK
MKs and TCKs tend to have this need for movement and change. As both of these myself, I see this need reflected in my constant desire to...

Rebecca
Apr 13, 20205 min read
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