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I’ve learned that there are three types of dog owners in the world: those who have dogs but treat them like pets with basic needs, those who absolutely love their dogs and spoil them, and those who treat their dogs like children. I’m proudly in the third category.I grocery shop…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Roberta Maretti, 50, author of “Where the World Took Me.” Her words have been edited for length and clarity.I was born in Italy, and moved around a lot when I was growing up. By the time I finished high school, I’d…
We’re a 10-minute walk from the Palace of Versailles. My wife attends ISIPCA, one of the most prestigious graduate perfumery programs in the world, and I’m an American writer living right outside Paris.It may sound glamorous, but my daily routine hasn’t really changed. Before our move in October, I sat…
“I guess we’re moving to Canada.”It was a quiet, almost outrageous statement considering our position. Just a few weeks earlier, Hurricane Dorian had slammed into our home in the Bahamas, a country I’d lived in my entire life.My family had spent 24 hours trapped in our attic, praying the roof…
After an incredible three weeks traveling around Brazil, I was on the first leg of my flight home to Chicago when I received a message from my director at work — a 15-minute “check-in” with an HR representative.Worried I might receive news of a layoff, I frantically deboarded the plane…
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For my entire life, I’d dreamed of moving to a different country.In 2020, I did just that, leaving my job in my home state of Washington to spend six months living in Montreal with my then-partner. From there, I continued my adventures living abroad, spending a year in Luxembourg to…
Love made me leave behind a place right near my parents in Houston to join my partner in a town without a single restaurant.I’d first met my partner a decade earlier, but we’d reconnected more recently — while long-distance — over a shared love of stories, coffee, and baseball.From the…
I’m originally from the Bahamas, but my love for France began while working there as an English language camp counselor every summer from 2011 to 2014. Year after year, I fell more in love with the country — and, soon, the seed of a plan to live here began to…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Vivienne Zhao, 33, a French teacher. Her words have been edited for length and clarity.For years, I treated belonging as a measure of my worth. I believed that if I spoke well enough, adapted carefully enough, and paid close enough attention…
