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Baseball Birthdays

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Every now and then, we have birthday parties on the baseball field! Last week, it was A’s turn to have a surprise party.

His birthday was during the week, but for some reason he told me it was Saturday. So I arrived on Saturday armed with a cake (covered in sprinkles, of course), much to his delight and surprise! 

We also had fun games, since Coach Tom had recently ordered some new toys that had just arrived! Our favorite was this cool game– you have to maneuver a wire hook over a metal contraption without touching the metal at all.

Lisa brought food, too! She made spider spaghetti for the kids.

These are the kind of days I’ll never forget. What a wonderful life this is!

One Year of Blogging!

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Sticking with something for a year always feels like an accomplishment. This month, I am celebrating the first birthday of this blog! It’s funny to look back to when I started it and see all the ways life has changed.

To read my first blog post, click here. 

On the cliffs

To be honest, I don’t really remember what I was originally going for in this blog. I think I wanted to create a newsletter for family and friends to keep up with us while we are overseas. I thought I might post every couple weeks to keep people updated. One year, ten thousand views, eighty WordPress followers, 140 Facebook followers, and 130 posts later, I guess I’m going in a slightly different direction. I’m still looking for my niche, but I think I’m almost there. This blog is for my friends and family, but it’s also for the traveler, the expat, the international student, and you.

I don’t have the sky-high stats that some blogs have, but I do hope that it makes a difference. I hope that those who read this blog think of it as something positive in their day. I hope that it’s interesting, inspirational, and encouraging. I hope you see the touch of Jesus in the things I write and the things I do.

Pinel Island

Thanks for being a reader! It’s great to see that people take the time to click on my posts and read what I have to say. Thanks for the comments, the likes, and the shares. It’s the little gestures that keep me going.

Baseball team

This year, I’ve had a handful of posts that have been read, liked, and shared over and over again. Here are the links to my post popular posts:

Transitioning Overseas With Ease

A Day in the Life of an AUC Spouse

2016 St. Martin/ St. Maarten Travel Guide

Dear American Tourists

Papa Dan’s Pizza, Behind the Scenes

Snorkeling

I wonder where I’ll be in another year, and where this site will be? I’ll be on another continent, but I plan to still be typing away about all the things that life brings. What would you like to see from 3rd Culture Wife in the coming year? Let me know in the comments!

As always, please like, subscribe, and follow.

One year down, many to go…

me