Mia Gifford Thanks to my dad being born and raised in Australia, I have dual citizenship with both the United States and the Land Down…
Category: Life abroad
After studying abroad in Sydney, Australia for a month and a half I learned one of the most important life lessons: to be open to…
Wrong place; wrong time. So often we call distance the death knell of a relationship. After seeing mine span several states before compressing into one…
It’s a small, blue book. A sign of American citizenship and an interest in the foreign. Its blank pages embody possibilities for adventures and the…
My partner’s family currently lives in Las Vegas, which means I was able to spend nine glorious days in the sun over winter break. However,…
The year was 1911. The year my family’s history really began. It started with a young woman, aged twenty-two, who had just set foot on…
“My body is finely tuned, like a microchip, and the flu is like a grain of sand. It could literally shut down the entire system.”…
Online shopping always causes a headache when you really can’t get a good feel for an item based on a few photos and some not-always-so-reliable…
We have all been there. We want to spend a week or two in Europe, fly away to the Bahamas, experience a new culture in…
Considering the state of Earth’s climate, I am struck with appreciation for the natural world now more than ever before. Getting to experience different climates…
There is immense privilege embedded in the English language, and I want to recognize that right away. Many people, English-speaking or not, seem to hold…
For most LGBTQ+ people, coming out is not a one-time event. I’ve been out of the closet since I was 15, but I come out to…