Apr 145 Tips For Helping Others Learn Your Native LanguageI am an American who immigrated to Sweden. I have lived in Sweden for nearly 7 years, but I am still not fluent in the Swedish language. We just moved a few months ago from the big city of Stockholm to a little town called Herräng. My husband and I…Second Language7 min read
Mar 18My shift of perception during the craziness of moving with my neuro-diverse childWhen you are changing everything about a 5-year-old’s world (such as I did with moving from our apartment in the city to the faraway countryside ) be prepared for meltdowns and struggles. If you are doing this all with a neuro-diverse child — be prepared for the storm. As I…Parenting4 min read
Feb 167 Ways to Embrace The Winter Darkness And Dark Times Of Our Lives, So You Can Feel Less StressedSomehow I always find when there is difficulty and loss that the winter darkness seems to make this magnified. My grief or pain that has been experienced earlier in the year suddenly creeps up out of nowhere. Darkness heightens our sense of loss, but it also covers our hurt and…Seasonal Depression4 min read
Feb 15My order gone wrong from Amazon -US to Sweden(How I Bought A Happy Lamp For SAD, In 10 Easy To Follow Steps) Originally from the Seattle area in the US, in 2015 I made the giant decision to move to Sweden to be with my partner, who now is my husband. Just before I moved abroad, I ended up getting a $50 gift card to Amazon. Before I moved I didn’t have…Humorous Life Lessons5 min read
Jul 20, 2021I almost became a single mom by choice, but my plans got interrupted.“The dreaded two-week wait as some refer to it in the fertility community. This is the time between ovulation and implantation. Because I was trying to conceive for about 5 years total, spread out over a 10-year period of time, it was something I was super familiar with. Over a…Infertility12 min read
Oct 28, 2020Root Canals, Teeth Implants, Maryland Bridges, & My (In)FertilityIn my quest to conceive a child — I found the underlying cause of my fertility challenges & many other health problems. From root canal treated teeth to titanium teeth implants, to Maryland Bridges (containing a mixture of metals including nickel) — dentistry was largely to blame. …Holistic Health12 min read
May 28, 2020Black Men of America-You are my family — America — can we please step down a minute from being violent with each other? Please remember that we are family. Someday my cute little 5-year-old grand-nephew will grow up to be a black man in America. I want the America that he grows up in to be a safe…Black Lives Matter1 min read
May 23, 2020We Need to Learn When to PanicThe choice between a paycheck and my health — I remember standing in the hall outside my classroom, having a very strong premonition that I would get some life-threatening illness and possibly not survive if I kept working in this place. It was the start of my decision to quit my job, despite not being able to find a…Health11 min read
Mar 5, 2020How to not go broke when you have a child . . . (move from the US to Sweden)I was born in Seattle, Washington and spent most of the first 40 years of my life in the Northwest US. After traveling led me to meet my Swedish husband, Mattias on the swing dance floor, we decided we wanted to be together and have a child. We knew that…Health Care Reform16 min read
Aug 30, 2019The Swing Dance Night That Led Me To Move To SwedenIt was the night of the 3rd of November in 2010 when I passed through the vintage doors of the dance studio called Chicago. The jazz music beckoned to my heart, already happy with so much celebration. And now I was floating on the clouds. I passed my money over…Lovestory12 min read
