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08 Jul 2024

Raising Third Culture Kids (TCKs): A Guide for Expat Families

In today's globalized world, more families are finding themselves navigating the unique challenges and rewards of raising Third Culture Kids (TCKs). These are children who spend a significant part of their developmental years outside their parents' culture, blending elements of both their home and host cultures. While this experience can be enriching, it also comes with its own set of complexities. /*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 03-07-2024 */ .elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elemento[...]

10 Jun 2022

Everything, Family, Lifestyle, Parenting, World Travels

Most Common Questions, I Get Asked About Living In Lithuania

When we moved overseas the first time in 2017 I had never left the United States… I didn’t even have a passport. I honestly had no idea what to expect and a lot of the things that I thought were going to be an issue weren’t an issue at all! Now that we live in Lithuania I have found our family and friends asking us the same questions over and over. So I thought why not make a blog post and answer all the questions we have been getting daily about living in Lithuania. What side of the r[...]

07 Jun 2022

Everything, Nashville, Tennessee, The United States

Nashville, Tennessee

Below you'll find all the things I enjoy doing when I'm home visiting family. Although I haven't lived in Nashville in over 13 years I still call Nashville home. If you can get around a city without a GPS you can call that place home. (I have many homes at this point in my life!) Nashville will forever be my hometown tho. Opryland Hotel We love staying at the Opryland when we visit Nashville. There's something to do year round! Summer The Soundwaves outdoor waterpark is open. Walk to Gra[...]

14 Jun 2019

California, Lifestyle, Lithuania, Parenting

McAnally Life Update

The McAnally Life Cliff Notes... So much has happened... I'll be honest since we moved from Ljubljana, Slovenia back to Monterey, California I needed a life break! I put my blog on the back burner and I focused on my career, family, and had a baby. In November 2017 we moved back to Monterey, California from Ljublijana, Slovenia. We thought this was the best place to move our children back to after a year of living abroad. We also knew we'd have friends from previous duty stations also getting stat[...]