I have always valued strength and the ability to cope with stress and pain in myself and others. In our family lore, my maiden name, Ross, is synonymous with tough, adventurous, fearless. Life brings joy, love, and peace but also challenge, suffering and pain. I often think that I can handle all these things on…
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Carried Away (the culture shock post)
Friends and family ask us how it is living in Thailand. I usually say that we’re doing well. I talk about what we’ve accomplished since being here, the things we’ve learned, maybe a funny situation or two or perhaps some sort of oddity that is normal here but you’d never see in the States. But this doesn’t…
A Place to Hang Our Hat
We had been living out of suitcases for the last 2 1/2 months when we arrived to Mae Sot. So the desire to find a place to hang our hat was very strong within us. After a couple days of searching, we became settled on two different houses. The first, a 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom, we dubbed…
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