Heather Caveney, Author at WWAM Bam!

Small Talk Styles: What do you do? vs. How many children do you have?

Making small talk or initial conversation with new acquaintances was perhaps the hardest part of adjusting to life in Mongolia.

Mongolia’s Lunar New Year holiday is called “Tsagaan Sar” which translates to “White Month” or “White Moon.” I’ve participated in

We started collecting our paperwork and getting things notarized shortly after I arrived to Mongolia in July of 2015. We

I am one of four siblings–three sisters, one brother. Though my oldest sister was off to college before my brother

I’ve hit that age and stage in life where, as an American, I am strongly encouraged to, as they say,

I saw dogs everywhere and anywhere on that first tourist visit to Mongolia–brown dogs, tan dogs, red dogs, black dogs.

When I moved to Mongolia two years ago I was thrilled to get a teaching job at an international school.

Living as an expat means you come with a variety of expectations about how daily life should be conducted or

Like many expats living abroad, I’m a member of a Facebook group for the expats living in my adopted country.

“OohhhH!,” said the two young female Mongolian teachers, in stereo, as we walked across the parking lot towards the elementary school