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Life Overseas Archives - Cindy DeBoer https://cindydeboer.com/category/life-overseas/ Thu, 07 Apr 2022 17:07:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://i0.wp.com/cindydeboer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cindydeboericon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Life Overseas Archives - Cindy DeBoer https://cindydeboer.com/category/life-overseas/ 32 32 184530663 Same Kind of Wounds as Me https://cindydeboer.com/2022/04/07/same-kind-of-wounds-as-me/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=same-kind-of-wounds-as-me https://cindydeboer.com/2022/04/07/same-kind-of-wounds-as-me/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2022 17:07:13 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=4302 I noticed her and those tell-tale marks on her face from far across the room. At the first break of our writer’s conference, I ran over to her, breathless with anticipation. “Hey, I don’t mean to be weird or anything, but I notice that you have nasal cannula indentations on your cheeks, and I know […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2022/04/07/same-kind-of-wounds-as-me/feed/ 20 4302 How to Launch Into Winter with COVID All Around Us https://cindydeboer.com/2020/10/15/how-to-launch-into-winter-with-covid-all-around-us/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-launch-into-winter-with-covid-all-around-us https://cindydeboer.com/2020/10/15/how-to-launch-into-winter-with-covid-all-around-us/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2020 19:12:24 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=3769 My stupid COVID dog (not that she has it, but we bought her because of it) woke me up way too early one morning. I wouldn’t mind if our Governor mandated all humans shall not stir before 8:00 a.m. Vie (my COVID dog’s name – which is French for “life”) needs a walk immediately upon […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2020/10/15/how-to-launch-into-winter-with-covid-all-around-us/feed/ 10 3769 Is it possible that snow in April, stupid lung diseases, and other atrocities could be good for us? https://cindydeboer.com/2019/04/11/why-experiencing-snow-menstrual-cramps-disease-loss-and-other-atrocities-could-be-good-for-us/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-experiencing-snow-menstrual-cramps-disease-loss-and-other-atrocities-could-be-good-for-us https://cindydeboer.com/2019/04/11/why-experiencing-snow-menstrual-cramps-disease-loss-and-other-atrocities-could-be-good-for-us/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2019 17:28:31 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=1108 We lived in the most glorious, sunny, mountainous and palm-treed locations both times that we lived abroad. Aix-en-Provence, France and Casablanca, Morocco are two dreamy places to have once been called “home”. While living abroad, we met people from all over the states, as well as from around the world. Then we all moved on […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2019/04/11/why-experiencing-snow-menstrual-cramps-disease-loss-and-other-atrocities-could-be-good-for-us/feed/ 5 1108 The Best and Worst Christmases Ever https://cindydeboer.com/2018/12/21/the-best-and-worst-christmases-ever/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-best-and-worst-christmases-ever https://cindydeboer.com/2018/12/21/the-best-and-worst-christmases-ever/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2018 21:40:41 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=889 It's not the circumstances that define whether a Christmas is a "good one" or a "bad one" - it's the recognition of His name...

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2018/12/21/the-best-and-worst-christmases-ever/feed/ 20 889 I Took A Bath With 10 Naked Ladies and I Loved It. https://cindydeboer.com/2017/11/03/i-took-a-bath-with-10-naked-ladies-and-i-loved-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=i-took-a-bath-with-10-naked-ladies-and-i-loved-it https://cindydeboer.com/2017/11/03/i-took-a-bath-with-10-naked-ladies-and-i-loved-it/#comments Fri, 03 Nov 2017 16:34:57 +0000 http://cindydeboer.com/?p=760 I just returned from a visit to my second homeland, Casablanca, Morocco. I lived in that beautiful country for four years and never went to the hammam – the Moroccan version of a communal Turkish bathhouse where women and men (in separate quarters) go for weekly bathing rituals in a somewhat spa-like setting. The experience […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2017/11/03/i-took-a-bath-with-10-naked-ladies-and-i-loved-it/feed/ 13 760 Angels in the Sewage https://cindydeboer.com/2015/02/27/angels-in-the-sewage/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=angels-in-the-sewage https://cindydeboer.com/2015/02/27/angels-in-the-sewage/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2015 22:39:10 +0000 https://cindykdeboer.wordpress.com/?p=125 It may be true that snowstorms suck and this past February was the coldest Michigan has seen in over 100 years… but I think a February of solid rain in tropical countries is potentially worse. Here’s why: We should have all died as we sloshed around, knee-deep, in Darrin and Julie’s sewage. We were living in […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2015/02/27/angels-in-the-sewage/feed/ 9 125 Ignorance is bliss, but knowing is better. https://cindydeboer.com/2014/01/29/ignorance-is-bliss-but-knowing-is-better-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ignorance-is-bliss-but-knowing-is-better-2 https://cindydeboer.com/2014/01/29/ignorance-is-bliss-but-knowing-is-better-2/#comments Wed, 29 Jan 2014 23:43:00 +0000 http://cindykdeboer.wordpress.com/2014/01/29/ignorance-is-bliss-but-knowing-is-better-2 Traveling home from Africa this time was the most hellish trip ever.  It wasn’t for the fact there was a crying baby on every single flight.  It wasn’t for the fact my daughter accidentally packed her shampoo in her carry-on creating a long delay for us during security checks.  It also wasn’t for the fact […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2014/01/29/ignorance-is-bliss-but-knowing-is-better-2/feed/ 3 3841 If I only had 10 more years to live: https://cindydeboer.com/2013/12/24/if-i-only-had-10-more-years-to-live-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=if-i-only-had-10-more-years-to-live-2 https://cindydeboer.com/2013/12/24/if-i-only-had-10-more-years-to-live-2/#comments Tue, 24 Dec 2013 23:28:00 +0000 http://cindykdeboer.wordpress.com/2013/12/24/if-i-only-had-10-more-years-to-live-2 The phone finally rang – two days, three hours and fifty-seven minutes later than it should have.  I was a shredded pile of emotions from the waiting.  She took an infinitely long breath, cleared her throat, and dealt the blow:  It is as we feared – lymphangioleiomyomatosis.  I know what you’re thinking:  that’s not a […]

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