connection — Stories

(No Longer) In Your Arms

You gave me respite from the most difficult of memories. Other times, you were a source of shame…

Boundaries, Black Lives MatterBy Shannon Irby (From Ramstein, Tucson, Okinawa, Adana, D.C., San Antonio & Houston. Living in Okinawa.)30 January 2021TCK, TCA, boundaries, culture, connection, connected, memories, heart, importance, history, togetherComment

Halting Proximity

Conversations are briefer. There is no physical contact. Our sense of community is bruised like a peach rolling from a table and making contact with a marble floor...

COVID-19By Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)23 September 2020COVID-19, office, lockdown, third culture adult, third culture kid, TCK, employees, handshake, hug, injured, connection, lossComment

Alone in a City of 13 Million

I took great pleasure banning the the rest of the world…

Asia, COVID-19By Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)16 May 2020TCK TOWN, TCK, Tck, alone, lonely, solitude, Tokyo, Alaska, connection, disengagementComment

The Familiar Leap

Forty-eight countries have hosted me. Those four dozen have left their mark

MovingBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)5 February 2020TCK, TCK TOWN, Third Culture Adult, third culture kid, countries, moving countries, community, traveling, travel, travels, japan, home, connect, connection, unk, unComment

Sawwah By The Sea

Your eyes watched me faithfully, fingers carefully following the dips and turns of my imperfect singing, matching the patchwork of words to the rhythm of music.

Thank You, RelationshipsBy Farah Beaini (Living in the land of the Kulin nation)26 January 2019TCK TOWN, tck, TCK, third culture kid, mountain, sea, ocean, holiday, summer, 2013, sun, skin, water, guitar, music, songs, sing, moment, human connection, connection Comment

Our Newest Theme

Welcome to our latest theme!

We've been through a roller-coaster of bravery, fear, halal snack packs and ancient Pakistani tea houses over the last few weeks. It may sounds strange, but it was all part of the plan: this month, each writer's piece is inspired by an article that has been published with us before.

We are passionately curious about uncovering new links between us and we're confident our February discoveries won't disappoint.

We hope you enjoy our latest stories as much as we've loved writing them!

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Ava Senaratne
Editor-In-Chief
(From Sri Lanka, Dubai & Australia. Living in Melbourne)

We're InspiredBy Ava Senaratne (From Sri Lanka, Dubai & Melbourne. Living in Sydney)1 February 2017We're Inspired, TCK, tck, TCK TOWN, fear, connection, inspire, empowered, memories, bravery, celebration, culture, explore, ideasComment