tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957052.post1398614125849072003..comments2023-09-13T17:12:50.998+01:00Comments on A Compass Rose: I Found my SmileAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05022023043718407104noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957052.post-42517498963917754312013-06-24T18:03:44.439+01:002013-06-24T18:03:44.439+01:00Wow, this is a lovely and amazing and beautiful le...Wow, this is a lovely and amazing and beautiful letter. I think you put into words what every TCK feels in one way or another. Or atleast, you put my feelings into words.<br />Love it!!<br /><br />xxSusanneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957052.post-13266876652017699882013-06-24T18:01:46.775+01:002013-06-24T18:01:46.775+01:00Wow, this is one amazing letter. I think you just ...Wow, this is one amazing letter. I think you just put into words what every TCK feels. I sure know I feel that way.<br />Thank you for this lovely, amazing and beautiful post!!<br /><br />xxSusanneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957052.post-54377487416433222892013-05-23T17:19:12.079+01:002013-05-23T17:19:12.079+01:00"Despite any stresses that have come along th..."Despite any stresses that have come along the way with uprooting to another country, I have indeed found my smile. For the first time in my life, I am not waiting to move somewhere else or wanting to be somewhere else. It feels like a weight has been lifted from my shoulders."<br /><br />I really enjoyed reading this... and I hope to find it someday. I'm not a TCK, but I do have a bit of a nomadic spirit and I have since I was younger. I longed to move, to keep moving. And I am sort of "still" for the moment, and maybe it was necessary, but the place where I am at just doesn't feel right. I think it's hard to explain to people who haven't really lived outside of their own country that... there are differences between places and some places just make you feel alive! And you captured it perfectly with this post... in that... the little things don't get to you as much and you are better able to see the beauty and small wonders of life. <br /><br />There's something about a place that can be magical, that can make you feel aligned, like you belong, excited, and included. I've experienced it as a traveler and I had a little bit of that feeling of home a bit in Michigan, but I think it's still out there... maybe. I'm trying not to look to a place to define me, but to SUPPORT me and my dreams and my potential. <br /><br />ANYWAY, I'm writing my own blog post here in the comments now, haha! So, I'll stop here! Erika from Americahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01079473916722620673noreply@blogger.com