grief — Stories

Identity crises in a Pandemic: An Emotional Introspection

I was bawling. I don’t think my partner had ever seen me cry like that in the three years we’ve been together. I wasn’t such a mess even when my step dad passed away six months earlier…

Tin Can Martial Law

When we were politely locked into our hotel in Delhi nine months later due to the street uprisings, the desk manager profusely apologized to us…

Self-love Wisdom for the COVID-19 Season

Grief is good because it creates the space for TCKs to acknowledge those losses and to process them…

COVID-19By Megan Norton (From the United States, South Africa, South Korea, Germany, Japan, Israel, Austria, Greece, Hungary, and Poland. Living in Michigan)10 June 2020TCK, TCK TOWN, birthday edition, COVID-19, masks, isolation, wfh, distance, social distancing, belonging, confidence, relationships, grief, atck, 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

The Pains And Joys Of Moving To A New Country

If you have ever picked up everything you own and moved to another country, then maybe there’s a few things in here that you can relate to…

Sunny Side Down

I find it hard to reach out to my colleagues. In my Australian culture, grief is largely seen as a private affair, punctuated by long and absent silences. Needing a national ‘Are you OK’ day says a lot about us, and how hard it is to have conversations outside socially acceptable boundaries...