When your best friend has a baby and you live in a …

I’ve been musing a lot on expat friendship recently, for a couple of reasons really.  First up it was my husbands birthday.  His oldest, and…

He doesn’t get the best of me

A while back I read a wonderful piece that asked “Did I love you enough today?” it truly resonated with me at the time. Then…

Living Arrows 13/52 – park life and school fairs

“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth” Kahlil Gibran This year I am taking part in Living Arrows,…

The beginners guide on making an income from blogging (and managing it)

And so that’s it, time to breath a sigh of relief because the 2016/17 tax year is nearly at an end.  Tax returns are way,…

Happy Mother’s Day Mum from your wayward, forgetful expat daughter…

This time last year I realised, belatedly, that I had forgotten to send a card to my mum.  One of the perils of being an…

Expat friendships are what make expat life amazing

It was never in my plans to be an expat. You could go as far as to say it was the furtherst thing from my…

Living Arrows 12/52 – Birthday cakes

“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth” Kahlil Gibran This year I am taking part in Living Arrows,…