What's new with us
One boy, three parties, 13th birthday
I have no idea what I was thinking when I asked Ron if he wants a birthday party this year. Over the years we have tried to avoid throwing birthday parties in every... Read More
My inspirational talk
I have been invited to be a guest in a Facebook live of one of the millions Facebook group I’m a member in (I think it has officially reached the point of addiction... Read More
Superstitions and Job Searching
I broke the kids. We can no longer leave the house without them searching for cars with the same three digits on the license plate (in Malta all cars have, or are supposed... Read More
Invisible disabilities – Do I tell or do I hide?
Dealing with invisible disabilities, you always have the question – do I tell, or do I hide? Ever since Yon was diagnosed we had to wrestle with this question, and every time we... Read More
Where we've been
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East side gallery – sunny adventure
We had 16 degrees last Sunday. Sixteen. And sunny. Staying at home felt like a crime or at the very least a waste of the finest day we’ve had since we’ve arrived here. You can never have a good enough … Read More
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Rare Disease Day
Last Saturday was Rare Disease Day 2015, which I guess most people don’t know about unless, like me, they have a child that fits the category and a Facebook feed full of people whose children fit the category. Sometimes I … Read More
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Copenhagen weekend with kids
A long weekend in Copenhagen was exactly what the doctor prescribed, and so last Friday we managed to convince Yon that we don’t have to take all his staff for a three days trip, made sure everyone got a haircut … Read More
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Berlin – 4 months in
On Saturday we’d have been in Berlin for four months. London is starting to look like a lifetime ago, and I can’t believe it’s been only four months, and already four months. We have an apartment (with a garden no … Read More
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Mauerfall – 25 years to the fall of the Berlin wall
On Sunday we decided to take a break from all the fun of figuring out the little things like where to live and what school to send the kids to and instead participate in helping the people of Berlin celebrate … Read More
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First days in Berlin
We arrived in Berlin on Friday afternoon and we are now going through the labor pains of our new lives. I always think about moving countries in the same terms as having a child. It somehow seems fitting, after all … Read More
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Goodbye to London
This is our last week in London. On Friday we will say goodbye to what has been our home for the past two and a half years and get on a plane to Berlin which will be, for the foreseeable … Read More
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Madame Tussauds – Our last “must”
The last of the “tourist attractions” we had left in London was a visit to Madame Tussauds. When we first moved here (and during our visits here before that) we managed to do everything except go to Madame Tussauds. It … Read More
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The Challah Experiment
One of the things that frustrate me to no end is that my boys do not like baking. I mean they will eat cake, especially if said cake has any form of chocolate in it, and they will criticise the … Read More
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How we crashed a (pretend) plane
You know how sometimes you find yourself in a situation you are not completely sure how you managed to land yourself into? Well, that is NOT what happened to me. I know exactly how I got there. I thought it … Read More
