Search Results for “home” – Marilyn R. Gardner

That Magic Word – Home

Published on August 24, 2018November 24, 2019 by Marilyn2 Comments

My younger daughter was recently in Toronto at the wedding of a friend. On return she had some difficulty with her ticket and had to go early to the airport in order to clear it… More

Where is Home?

Published on July 18, 2018 by Marilyn3 Comments

So, You Want to go Back ‘Home’?

Published on April 26, 2018January 14, 2019 by Marilyn9 Comments

There come’s a time in the lives of most adult third culture kids, many expats, as well as immigrants and refugees when they want to go ‘home.’ Sometimes it’s after a short time of living… More

Memories of Home

Published on April 2, 2018April 3, 2018 by Marilyn4 Comments

Murree Christian School P.O. Jhika Gali, Murree Hills, Pakistan I can picture the scene as if it was yesterday. I am lying on the top bunk in my dormitory. The louvered windows allow a mountain… More

Home is Not an Answer to a Question

Published on March 19, 2018March 19, 2018 by Marilyn3 Comments

“Home is not an answer to a question. It is my grandmother’s front porch where I first saw how dark the night was supposed to be. It is the swimming pool in our first apartment… More

A Life Overseas – On Home and Keeping Place

Published on May 10, 2017 by Marilyn1 Comment

“Home is a human place. Instinctively, each of us, male and female, knows the sound of its welcome – and the joy of our possible return. Readers – Today I am at A Life Overseas… More

When You Can’t Settle in the Place You Call Home

Published on May 9, 2017July 14, 2017 by Marilyn

A couple of years ago, an anonymous letter came to Communicating Across Boundaries. The letter began like this: It just doesn’t go away…. The writer goes on to speak of an unsettled weariness and dissatisfaction,… More