Monthly Archives: December 2015

Be kind to your children at Christmas…


Thank you Ute for this excellent message during the Christmas season. We’re all stressed out by everything that needs to be accomplished in these few weeks, so this is a good reminder to remember what it’s really all about. Expat Since Birth – A Life spent "abroad" Before Christmas – or the Holiday season –Continue reading “Be kind to your children at Christmas…”

Breaking bread with refugees


Something kind of amazing happened in the last few weeks here in The Hague. Robin de Jong, who works for STEK, created a think tank to come up with ideas to welcome the refugees from Syria, Eritrea and other countries who are temporarily housed in our neighborhood through December 31st, 2015. The think tank quicklyContinue reading “Breaking bread with refugees”