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American in Germany 🇺🇸➡️🇩🇪 | Mother 💕 | Writer & Storyteller ✍️ | Cat Enthusiast 🐈‍⬛ | Christmas Market Obsessed🎄 | Book Lover 📚 | Will Travel for History & Art ✈️ 🖼️
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The sunset in Berlin today was amazing.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

While waiting for our bus, my son pointed to the TV Tower and the cathedral in the distance and said, “Mom, it looks like there’s a green screen behind us!”

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

The best wall is the one that tells a story, not blocks a path.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

The sun is shining in Berlin today. ☀️

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There aren't enough fantasy novels in the world to help me escape this dark, dystopian timeline—though I keep trying, one page at a time.

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

My husband reads the news in Brazil every morning. This morning, he shared these “must read” excerpts with me. This was the best line (translated): “With the skill of a monkey in a china shop called the Oval Office, Trump, now face to face, resorted to verbal attacks.

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

My kids love living in Germany and constantly ask us to find a way to stay after my husband’s three-year postdoc ends. And every morning, as I check the news from back home, my stomach knots at the thought of returning to a country in turmoil.

submitted 3 days ago • 9 comments

The train arriving as soon as you walk down to the platform has to be one of the best feelings.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Missing the sun today. Even the crocuses are sad.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Me, walking into my twins’ bedroom at 10:45 PM on a school night: “Boys—“ Twin A, interrupting me: “I know, I know. I need to stop doing the SpongeBob voice.” Twin B: “And I’ll stop the Mickey Mouse impression. I’m just trying to get the right pitch, & I don’t have much spare time during the day.”

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

My first crocus sighting! 😍 We did it, team—spring is on its way. 🌹

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

Our twins had an allergic reaction to their MMR shot. Because their symptoms were so severe, they couldn’t get the second dose later. Now, I read posts like this and feel angry, scared, and sad that I have to worry about them no longer being protected by herd immunity.

submitted 5 days ago • 5 comments

For my job, I come up with fun travel ideas (targeted at an American audience). I leaned into my nerdiness & wrote about a Hobbit-themed AirBnb. No traffic. No interest. I tried again with a fancy hotel in Bath for Jane Austen’s 250th birthday. It bombed. Now I’m back to writing about the Bahamas.

submitted 5 days ago • 5 comments

You know when you’re running to catch your bus or train and then you see it arriving a little early, and there’s no way you can make it, so you stop running and just drag your feel as slowly as you can because it doesn’t matter anymore how fast you walk/run. Is there a name for that? Resignation?

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

Exciting morning at the office.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Ever almost lose it in the grocery line? A woman had 60-70 packs of cat food to scan, paid IN COINS, & then didn’t collect the items quickly, which held up the line. The customer between us (in front of me) snapped, threw her 2 bottles of water down, & made a scene. Honestly, I kinda got it.🤷🏻‍♀️

submitted 7 days ago • 6 comments