“I’ll stop wearing black when they make a darker color.” – Wednesday Addams, the “Addams Family” In case you missed it, yesterday was Halloween. As a child and teen and young adult, Halloween was not one of my favorite holidays. It became a favorite once I had my own kids, but before that I…
Adopt The Platinum Rule
As you know, my family and I are new to AAS and Bulgaria. We are just now finally starting to feel more settled in our home and routines. The last couple of months have really been focused on meeting people and understanding how things work in our new world. We know we are far from…
The Wisdom of ‘AND’
“So…is that your new mantra?” my son asked a few weeks back. “What do you mean?” “Well,” he responded, “you’ve said ‘AND’ like four times in our conversation. So, is that your new mantra?” Poor kid. He’d been surviving my sayings for a couple decades. He had just got past me overusing the word “YET.” …
Memories Are Made Of This
Our intrepid AAS Secondary School students explored beautiful Bulgaria this week on their Cultural Trips. A number of students asked their teacher-chaperones if there was any way their adventures away could be extended! Perhaps you saw them? Were they in front of you in the queue to taste chocolate at the Plovdiv chocolate museum? (Grade…
