by Rachel | Dec 1, 2019 | Expat parenting
Despite living here for 14 years, my grasp of Thai is clearly not perfect! I still struggle with many, many language difficulties. Our wonderful maebaan, Moey, has a name that is tricky to pronounce correctly. (The tonal nature of Thai highlights the above language...
by Rachel | Nov 30, 2019 | Dyslexia
Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid – Albert Einstein What does it mean and what are the signs of dyslexia? We first found out Ella was dyslexic when she was six....
by Rachel | Nov 11, 2019 | Expat parenting
Sometimes in a world full of parenting blogs teaching us how to be simply delightful and how to perfect parenting we need to take a stand! We need to turn around and say ‘I’m a Pinterest fail!’ I’ve tried your way and it doesn’t work. My kids don’t listen to me, they...
by Rachel | Nov 9, 2019 | Expat parenting
Losing a pet is never easy, but saying goodbye to one I had hand-reared and had given us so much joy and unconditional love for 13 years broke my heart. I had been living in Thailand for less than a week when I was told that a blind kitten needed rescuing. Our...
by Rachel | Nov 3, 2019 | Expat parenting
So many times while preparing for a horrendous long haul flight did I wish that I could just find a quick and simple checklist for travel essentials. As our family grew, so did the amount of ‘stuff’ needed for a long haul flight. I’m not the most organised and without...
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