Heather Caveney, Author at WWAM Bam!

Any Holiday Is Good for Me

My favorite American holidays have always been the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving. I like them best because they don’t

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

The funny thing about assumptions is that more often than not we aren’t aware of the fact that we are

I took the circuitous route to becoming an educator. That said, it is work that I enjoy doing, surrounded by

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.