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Heather Domnick is a freelance writer and mother of three Third Culture Kids who over the past thirty years has traversed the globe from the seas of Lima, Peru to the islands of Indonesia, discovering first hand that there's a whole lot of living outside

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Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms Lessons in life: 35 of 126

~A Eulogy for Grandpa~ Once a long time ago, I was a wealthy little girl. I had a pocket full of nickels and each one represented a tomato worm, a worm that I'd fed to the chickens not long after grandpa paid me five cents each. I thought the dance the chickens did to win them over was well worth the time it took to pluck ea...
Society & Lifestyle > Cultural Relations Living between two cultures: 4 of 9

Worried About Dragging Your Kids Around the World? Don't be. Here's Why~~~ As I sat in my high school auditorium with my graduation cap bobby-pinned precariously towards the back of my head (for fear that it would mess up my bangs), I silently recited the prayer that a thousand graduating teenage girls had prayed before me: ...
Arts & Humanities > American Literature Book reviews: Over the Edge, Death in the Grand Canyon, by Michael P. Ghiglieri and Thomas M. Myers: 1 of 1

Over the Edge: Death in the Grand Canyon~~ By Michael P. Ghiglieri and Thomas M. Myers~~ With few fences separating tourists from the 6,000 foot drop below and a world chuck full of people with less than average common sense, it's no wonder there's enough material for a book about deaths in the Grand Canyon. Light on gore bu...
Education > Homeschooling Why some parents choose homeschooling: 15 of 26

HOW TO HOMESCHOOL OVERSEAS- Just like no two kids are the alike, not every international school is created equally either. Some lack our religious convictions or have the unreasonable twenty-three-kids-to-a-class ratio. Others may not provide the services we find in most U.S. public schools, like quality programs for gifted ...
Society & Lifestyle > Cultural Relations Adaptation and integration: 5 of 8

SECRETS OF THE SUPERHERO EXPAT- In every overseas assignment there's a Superhero Expat at the helm. She's the one who finds any corner of any city in the world with a sense of adventure and a caravan of expats followers closely in tow. She stumbles through a foreign language with grace, survives consistent electrical blackou...
Travel > Asia Destinations Travel destinations: Bali Island, Indonesia: 9 of 11

Do Yourself a Favor: Leave the Nuts Behind Monkey's run the show in Ubud and they have the sunglasses to prove it. Like natives introduced to the Western way of life, these nimble primates have embraced the evolution from resident monks to foreign visitors in Bali's Sacred Monkey Forest, taking advantage of the tourists with...
Society & Lifestyle > Lifestyles Yearning for something more out of life: 19 of 22

Job Opportunities for the Trailing Expat Spouse There's a joke one of my husband's expat friends likes to tell with a beer in hand and an audience full of wives. He declares that when he dies, he wants to come back as an expat wife. I can hardly blame him. We really do have it good, with the manicure parties, the teas and th...