Dating someone from another country and culture allows us to see our own country/culture through a different lens. I began to learn this while I lived in Mongolia and was married to Zorig. That was the first time I resided outside of the U.S. (except for military assignments). Everything was new, foreign, and unusual to me. I decided I would accept the life I encountered there as “normal” and do my best to assimilate. That…
As you know I turned 50 last November. Kyla, one of my soul sisters, will turn 50 this month. We first met in Sarajevo, Bosnia, in the summer of 2019. Then we enjoyed two amazing weeks together in Dalyan, Türkiye, in the summer of 2022. For our third face-to-face meet-up we decided to travel to a new destination together, and celebrate turning 50 years old in between her birthday and mine. After much deliberation and…
In the spring of 2018, before leaving Mongolia for Türkiye, I had lasik surgery. It cost me just $1,200 for BOTH eyes which were nearsighted (my prescription was -4.25 for one eye, -3.75 for the other at the time of surgery) and astigmatism had begun in one eye. For the first time since I was in middle school I was able to wake in the morning and see clearly across the room without putting lenses…