goodbye — Stories

Your Goodbye—My Hello

We met, a unit. Things progressed. New challenges, fewer meetings, simple distractions…

Goodbye, RelationshipsBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)2 June 2020TCK, TCK TOWN, Third Culture Adult, third culture adult, culture, story, identity, goodbye, goodbyes, friend, friendship, leaving, travelComment

Dreams of Livvy's Paris

I hugged her goodbye and left for the train station. It’s been a year since and that was the last hug I would get from her…

Goodbye, RelationshipsBy Molly Kaitlin (From Peru, Costa Rica, Minnesota & Florida. Living in Tennessee)2 May 2020TCK, TCK TOWN, Third Culture Adult, third culture kid, languages, language, Paris, goodbye, family, cousins, cousin, memory, death, grief Comments

Announcements of Love

I’m sorry. I’ll miss you terribly. You look at me hurt…

The Known Unknown

While waiting for information about her funeral, I found out it was already taking place and I would miss it…

Past the Point of Resilience

I never thought that this change I loved so much would betray me. When my dad started talking, tears ran down my face as I soaked in his words and tried to make sense of what he was saying. We were leaving Peru in three days. No one in Peru knew we were leaving...

ResilienceBy Molly Kaitlin (From Peru, Costa Rica, Minnesota & Florida. Living in Tennessee)27 April 2019TCK, TCK TOWN, Tck, Peru, Minnesota, Tennessee, suitcase, change, goodbye, moving, culture shock, home Comments

The Art Of Goodbye

It feels like I have spent my lifetime perfecting the art of goodbye...

Bridging WorldsBy Dora Bralo (From Croatia & the United States. Living in New York)13 April 2019tck, TCK, TCK TOWN, third culture kid, bridging worlds, goodbye, friends, Friendship, international school, international students, international, global mobility, memories, Hindi, graduate, graduationComment

We Held Our Breath & Grew Up

Our lives were never consistent, but his temper was.

AngerBy Molly Kaitlin (From Peru, Costa Rica, Minnesota & Florida. Living in Tennessee)16 March 2019TCK, TCK TOWN, third culture kid, family, anger, dad, fear, moving, goodbye, pain, new, cityComment

Embracing the Good in Goodbye

Moving away is an emotional process regardless of how close or far you’re heading. Take in all the emotions as they come. Feel like crying? Let the floods of tears come. Feel like laughing? Go for it!

MovingBy Solène Anglaret (From France, Norway, United States, United Kingdom & China. Living in Melbourne.)23 May 2018TCK TOWN, tck, TCK, goodbye, emptiness, confusion, loss, Norway, Shanghai, memories, London, China, panic attack, tuk tuk, Brazil, MelbourneComment

An Uncertain Delta

I met J in the flesh on a very cold January day in New York City. We were at the big Barnes & Noble in Times Square. I was only seventeen. I gave her my copy of Haruki Murakami’s South of the Border, West of the Sun as a first-meeting gift...

Better Late Than Never, FriendshipsBy Claire Rementilla (From New Jersey. Living in California)5 April 2017TCK TOWN, TCK, Better Late Than Never, new york, Murakami, new jersey, sisters, alien, United States, Demarest Hall, friendship, loss, goodbye Comments