In no particular order:
Moved 10 times
Lived in Kyrgyzstan for a year
Had two more children, including bedrest with one of those pregnancies
Built a beautiful house and sold it two years later
Learned a lot of Russian
Forgot a lot of Russian
Survived 18 months of husband's major health problems
Survived husband being laid off
Started homeschooling
Learned a lot about Central Asia
Blogged half the time
Had 4 miscarriages
Stopped driving and started walking
Quilted, spun, crocheted
Learned I love geysers
Really learned to cook
Learned that life is better when my husband likes what he's doing, no matter what we're getting paid
I wish I could have said that I'd lived overseas more than just one year out of those ten and that I'd learned and not forgotten several languages. There were also a few challenges I didn't handle very well. At all. Mostly those relating to my husband's health problems. That's one thing I never, ever wish to deal with again, at least not on that scale. And he could have been a lot worse.
But mostly, I've enjoyed my family, read a lot, and I am excited for the next ten years. I hope they're as good as the last 10.
2 comments:
What a good idea. I'm impressed with the fact that you can remember that far back, though!
It helps that we've moved a lot. I can think back and figure out when something happened by where we lived at the time.
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