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Childhood cancer

Family in times of crisis

When I was just a baby, my older sister Michelle, being at the wise age of 2, decided that I was boring and informed my mother that this whole baby thing had been a bad idea. My mom was probably only slightly tired at the time (after all, she had been given the entire 2… Continue reading Family in times of crisis

Childhood cancer, Funny moments

Comedy in Tragedy

  One of the ways in which real life is so completely different from any fiction you might see in a movie or on tv is the fact that even in the midst of tragedy, there are funny moments.  These you don’t see on tv.  Can you imagine Kate Winslet hanging off the bow of… Continue reading Comedy in Tragedy

Expat Life

Have you been Swissified yet?

Cultural identity of expats in Switzerland - just who are we anyway?   The whole Save WRS radio station issue has got me thinking a lot about cultural identity in an expat world. I signed the petition because I want to save the radio station, which is Switzerland's only publicly-funded English language station and could… Continue reading Have you been Swissified yet?