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Tag Archives: emotions
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Most of the time when I write a blog post, I try to think of something witty to say, some fun way of putting things out there, some structure that will keep a reader’s attention. I don’t really care about … Continue reading
Posted in Decisions, discovery, emotions, Expat Life, experience, faith, God, Growth, Healing, hope, Journey, Learning, Life, Mental health, overwhelmed, Sensory Processing Disorder, Uncategorized
Tagged anxiety, battle, depression, emotions, faith, fight, God, PNES, sensory integration disorder, Sensory Processing Disorder, SPD, war
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Ache (or Hindi style “Ae-kh”, if you mean “One”)
Confession: My spirit isn’t quite out of the dregs. Still battling loneliness and depression, despite the knowledge that I am building a life here and that things will inevitably become easier as time goes by. I’ll get better at Hindi, I’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, endurance, Expat Life, expatriate, Expatriate Life, experience, Hindi, India
Tagged adventure, Bandra, cell phone, cheap, children, church, culture, emotions, fresh fruit, friendship, good food, hair, Hindi, India, money, mountain, new life, orphange, relationships, shelter, slum, vegetables, veggies
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One of Those Days
Some days just don’t go as planned. You can’t help it, and it’s not like anyone else can either. And you know that, but it doesn’t change the fact that you feel like a fish out of water (or in … Continue reading
Posted in color, distracted, Expat Life, expatriate, faith, hope, India, negativity, outlook, positive, positivity
Tagged air, air quality, American, Bandra, chaos, culture, decor, emotions, exercise, faith, God, home, illness, mom, Mumbai, nephew, phone, prayer, sensory processing, shipping, sick, SPD, tired, Type A, work
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Homesick
It’s Mother’s Day. It’s also Sunday. Which means that if I were at home, I’d have been up at the crack of dawn making breakfast for my mom with my dad, and would have served it to her as she … Continue reading
Posted in expatriate, Middle East, travel
Tagged clothes, emotions, expatriate, family, greenroom, India, laundry, Mother's Day, office, Sharjah, UAE
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The Road to Al Ain
This morning, the company driver (whom I’d never met) knocked vigorously on my door at 7:21 – nine minutes before I had been told he would arrive and less than a full minute since I’d decided I could take a … Continue reading
Lost in the Streets of Sharjah
Though I’m sure the Barrens were terrifying, too. Actually, if I’m being perfectly honest, I got lost on one street. Since Syed dropped me off at the new – spacious and beginning to feel like home – apartment on Abdullah … Continue reading
Welp…
That’s a change. Instead of flying for India today, I’m actually stopping in Dubai tonight. The leadership of the company feels it would be best for me to stay in Sharjah, an emirate close to Dubai, where there is an … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Dubai, emotions, expat, expatriate, faith, hotel, India, Kuwait, packing, Sharjah, teaching
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