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The Little Things We Leave Behind: Family Memories
Reading Time: < 1 minute Two handmade T-shirts, old family letters, and a walking stick remind us that the things we leave behind can mean more than we realize.
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Travel Day Misery: Leaving One Home to Return to Another
Reading Time: 4 minutes Five weeks with my kids and grandkids are over, and it’s time to return to Brazil. Between airport misery, pancakes, sitcoms, and family memories, I’ve managed to become homesick in two countries.
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How I Manage Stress: Life, Work, and Retirement
Reading Time: 2 minutes How do you manage stress? From high-pressure jobs in finance to retirement, I’ve learned that some worries never disappear. You just learn to cope.
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My Morning Routine: Coffee, Regularity, and Trying to Stay Sane
Reading Time: 2 minutes My morning routine is simple: coffee, email, regularity, the gym, and trying to stay sane while visiting family in the United States.
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Missing Two Homes Life Between America and Brazil as an Expat
Reading Time: 3 minutes Returning to the United States after living in Brazil has taught me that an expat can miss two homes at the same time.
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My Great American Travel Adventure: Days 7 & 8 Family, Travel & Observations
Reading Time: 2 minutes Days 7 and 8 of my Great American Travel Adventure bring cold houses, family observations, reading Schindler’s List, and the long drive to my parents’ house.
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My Great American Travel Adventure – Day 6: A Relaxing Day
Reading Time: 2 minutes Day 6 of my American travel adventure was a relaxing day of coffee, Dickens, Frosted Flakes, family, and enjoying a much-needed break.
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My Great American Travel Adventure – Day 5: A Break
Reading Time: 2 minutes Day 5 of my American travel adventure was supposed to be a break. Two kids, a 3:30 a.m. wake-up, and a pool lesson had other plans.
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My Great American Travel Adventure – Day 3
Reading Time: 2 minutes Day 3 of my American travel adventure is quiet time with my daughter, coffee, cats, family memories, and a thermostat battle I can’t win.