Getting our new house ready for my family was thrilling—and completely overwhelming. As I frantically prepared everything for our January arrival, I kept wondering: will I get it all done? Will it be ready?

Finding the “perfect” place to live in a foreign country is challenging, exciting, terrifying, fun, adventurous, and did I mention terrifying? Come along on our journey…

Our fun adventure in France was over, and now it’s time to get back to being a responsible adult - in a country where I was a citizen AND spoke the language. But the love of France never completely went away…

My first memories of Paris were…people riding bikes with baguettes in their baskets, the markets with old French men selling roasted chickens, the awe-inspiring architecture everywhere we turned. And my god, the food!

Deciding to move to France was the easy part, getting there and saying goodbye was another story…