Author: Lisa Elis
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Grief, Time, and the Pain of Transitioning Between Countries
I woke up one day, a stranger to myself. It was some two weeks after my move from Canada to Finland. Coming home, if one can call it that…
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Opinions, Comments, and Processing Others’ Ideas about Your Move
“Europe is good, it’s better there,” she said, and I wasn’t surprised she would think that. Everyone thought that. Well, except the Europeans. “You don’t have a boyfriend,” she observed, to my amusement. “That’s good, actually. Men in Europe are… more refined. Cultured. They like literature, and art… they have more…
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The Clock is Ticking: Struggles in Making Friends as an ATCK
It’s true. With every new friend I make, it’s like a countdown begins. I feel a quiet dread — a cold, weary sense in my bones — that I have only a year, maybe two, to make this relationship matter. Like an invisible clock ticking down to my departure…
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How the Monoculture Experience Helped Me See My TCK Arrogance
It follows. That familiar question many TCKs dread, but I rather relish. Instantaneous, curious face, slight eyebrow raise. “Where are you from?”…
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6 Tips for Staying in Touch Over Long Distance
It took time to wrap my mind around that one. Doesn’t everyone else have nightmares at least once a week about getting a huge pile of letters but not being able to read them?
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