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Christmas In Canada: Introducing My Chinese Husband To My Family’s Tradition

When I had first met my husband, I knew that sharing our cultural traditions would be memorable. We came from

It’s an unusual experience being a foreigner in China. Living in Australia, a pretty multicultural country, I guess I generally

The velvety expanses of grass, and the rolling hills blanketed in oaks and maples still commanded my attention hours after

My nuclear family–mother and father who have been divorced for many years, and four adult siblings–live in four states and

During my days as a university student, I traveled quite a bit. Not overseas per se, however, moving from city

Last year, July 2017, I arrived in Shanghai for the second time to attend a graduate program. My parents do

After 15 years in Beijing, it definitely feels like home to me, but there’s something about the big holidays –

With the recent Brett Kavanaugh hearings and confirmation, women around the world have looked on aghast, wondering how an entitled

Recently I, by myself, have started the difficult process of getting my 5-year-old daughter to be able to (fall a)sleep

When my husband and I had first gotten married, we were happy for the independence that came. We had both