the perspective of a military family . . . the narcissism of a blog
After two years of traveling around Southeast Asia we have gotten used to the attention our kids get from strangers. Still, while Lemon got the usual cuddling in Vietnam this past week . . . our waitress decided to comb our daughter’s hair. We did not take it as a personal statement about our parenting.
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Elysia left this morning, headed across the Johor Strait to Malaysia for several days with the US Navy. A small caravan of cars pulled up to the departure point, families said goodbye and then headed to brunch, the pool, or church. A heavy travel schedule is routine for many military families living in our community. For sixteen years, [...]
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I have been asked what it is like traveling throughout Southeast Asia with a four year old and I think I caught it almost perfectly on video. Sure, there are aggravating times where my daughter slouches her shoulders and walks slumped forward with her head near her knees as though she cannot stand to take [...]
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With Elysia traveling for work and me tagging along, we come back from our trips through Southeast Asia with very different photos. In Thailand, for example, she returned with pictures of a guided-missile destroyer leading a formation of Royal Thai Navy ships. In contrast, I have a nice shot of a green tea donut in Malaysia. I [...]
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