Linda A. Janssen Archives

An Extended Stay

Let me be frank: repatriation is harder than you think. I’m learning firsthand that when it comes to repatriating, there are many…

The decision to repatriate was not a simple one, but after months of monitoring and evaluating and considering, it became the default…

We’ve experienced quite a bit of dust in our lives lately. It’s not a symptom of the season or the result of…

I suppose I should have seen it coming, and perhaps in subconscious ways I did. Still, every time we took stock of…

At first glance you wouldn’t notice anything odd about the title of this month’s column, until you realize that it’s June. Not…

‘Oh how wonderful, think of all the traveling you can do!” It’s one of the first responses expats get when we tell…

In the family room, gathering up old newspapers for the recycling bin. We tend to remember precisely where we were and what…

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about friendship lately. No one reason in particular. Or rather, there are several. It could…

Early December rolls around and the enormity of both holiday expectations and the accompanying to-do list descends like the darkness shortening our…

I must confess upfront that autumn has always been my favourite season. I used to think that it was because of the…