Mentoring New Expats
From TakingRoute.Net
Our family has been “the new family” many, many times, both domestically and abroad. And I remember clearly times I’ve been wondering how I’m ever going to learn to live life here when there’s a knock on the door.
In my memories, as I answer, the slow-motion reel begins and angelic music plays. Standing outside, bathed in a ring of light, is a friend-to-be. She has spaghetti sauce and cookies and invites me to come with her to the grocery store tomorrow. She gives me her cell phone number and while she’s there, she shows me how to use my oven. When my kids crowd around her, begging to get out of the house, she says she can walk us to the park (and home again!). Since I don’t have to figure out dinner anymore, I gratefully accept.
People like this truly exist. They are the invaluable Expat Mentors, and you can be one.
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