I love the weekends. And I love teaching my little first graders during the week. I might repeat myself but my job is giving me so much joy and purpose during these challenging times. Every morning, I am amazed by […]
It has been a crazy year and definitely not in a good way. Due to Corona, life has taken a 360-degree turn and we all had to do hard things or sometimes not do anything but just stay home. This […]
Thursday. It’s been a long day. Teaching started at 8.30. Intermission: going for a short run with a dog and FaceTiming my daughter in Germany. She got a bad grade in her German exam, mostly due to spelling. But it […]
The numbers are not looking good here in California. ICU beds are filling quickly and I’m afraid of a new stay-at-home order. I am usually pretty good at suppressing sad feelings (which keep coming up more and more lately), but […]
There it is. December. Already? Finally? I don’t know. But I do know that I am looking forward to this year’s end. Like we all do. 2021 has to be better! Every year around this time I am like: “Next […]
This year feels like a hill that I can’t climb. “Life has taken a 360-degree turn. But it also has gifted me with an abundance of personal and family time and has helped to strengthen our family bonds.” (by T. […]
What gives us hope during these difficult times? What are some positive thoughts and events that help us to power through? Here’s is a short story about something that made me happy.
Was macht uns Mut in dieser schwierigen Zeit? Was sind positive Gedanken und Erlebnisse, die uns durchhalten lassen? Hier eine kurze Geschichte über etwas, das mich glücklich macht.
Ich habe wieder bei #meettheblogger2020 mitgemacht und habe hier alle meine 15 Beiträge für euch zusammen gefasst. Wenn ihr mehr wissen möchtet, schaut einfach auf meinem IG am Ende der Seite nach.
It is a crazy and scary time. People all over the world get sick, too many dies and most of the others stay home to not spread the virus. Many have become unemployed, others fight Covid19 on the frontlines. We […]
Homeschooling ist nicht immer einfach In meiner Reihe „Deutsch für Kinder im Ausland” hier nun mal wieder ein neuer Post. Leider müssen wir alle im Moment zu Hause bleiben und ich höre von allen Seiten wie anstrengend das mit dem […]
Words of the day
Courage isn’t having
the strength to go on –
it is to go on when
you don’t have the strength.
— Napoléon Bonaparte
Hi! Hallo!
I’m Kathrin, a German who’s been living the last 16 years in the crazy world of the Silicon Valley. Even though I love our life in California, I’m still missing Köln (Cologne) and the German lifestyle. On this blog I share some of my stories and ruminate about what home really means. I’m a mother of two girls and the wife of an iSlave, a teacher, a social introvert and very passionate about the things I do.
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