My third child was 3 years old during one of our furloughs, a summer spent in a house provided by my husband’s parents’ church.
We were out running errands and I began talking over the schedule with the kids. I said, “Then we will go back home.”
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What I Wish I Would Have Known: Sarah’s Perspective
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When you leave YOUR HOME COUNTRY, always pack chocolate chips, Secret deodorant, books you can’t live without, and tampons.
(some things you don’t want to mess around with.)
When you’re scrambling to imagine life without something? When it’s important to you? Pack it.
Sure, there are many things you will learn to live without (see my next point) and there are some things you don’t want to have to live without.
It’s okay to have certain things that are your “items” that you bring with you. Your list of essentials might be different from mine. The point is everyone has certain things they don’t want to have to live without and that’s okay.
Red Pill? Blue Pill? 4 Irreversible Side Effects of Going Overseas
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We talk a lot over here about what you wish you knew before you went overseas. We’ve called it a rabbit hole. So maybe it’s a little like The Matrix: Red pill? Blue Pill?
So I’ll tell you today what you might want to know: Going overseas will mark you indelibly.
Back when my husband and I were considering adoption in our host country, I wrote,
