It’s about time!
So after years and years of living in England, having children, living and working as an American expat in Britain, I have finally started a blog about it all. I have wanted to do this ever since I had my first child in 2001 but I suppose life and work in general always got in the way. Now, two more children and a book about raising them as British kids in Britain later, my expat mummy BLOG is here!! Yippee. Now the challenge will be to see if I can actually keep it updated with new blog posts regularly.
My aim is for this to be a complement to the book Bringing Up Brits and also a place where I (and hopefully others too) can write about the everyday and long term challenges of living in a foreign country – making a home for a family in a foreign country, any frustrations I have, all my loves about living here and generally give insight into what it’s like being an American in Britain and raising children in a country not my own and one that I have no history in (pre-children).
There have been many driving forces behind this new blog – one of course has been my book, one has been the fact that I’ve been wanting to get on the blogging scene (as it’s huge!) for several years now but debating whether to do it as a mummy blog or something else (I guess this is the ‘something else’ but it’s also tied in with being a mum.. er or should I say mom… no, I guess it’s mum for me), and recently I came across a terrific site for expat women. Really, if you are an expat woman anywhere in the world, then take a look at this site. It has useful information, it looks great and features inspirational expat women around the world. http://www.ExpatWomen.com I contacted them and they said I could submit my expat blog to their directory. Very exciting… except that I hadn’t gotten around to creating one yet. So, here it is and it’s about time too.
There are other ways to keep updated with Bringing Up Brits – please like my FB page and follow me on Twitter. I will also do my best to follow you and like you if you are on those as well.
And if you want to find out more about the book Bringing Up Brits and about the author (me!) then please click the links in the menu bar above – About Bringing Up Brits and About the author
I think that’s a good starting point. Please post on this blog if you have an expat experience to share.
That’s all for now folks,
Meg
Excited to see this! Will be bookmarking it for sure.
I am an American mum with an English husband and 4 kids. I’ve lived in the UK for 12 years and counting.
Whoohoo! So glad you are pleased and excited about this. I am too. Where do you live? You’ve been here a year longer than I have. Gosh 4 kids! Hope to see you again on this blog Sarah.
I live in Northamptonshire. When I first moved to England, we were living in Cumbria, and moving down south a few months later was like moving to an entirely different country again!
We home school, too, so when we are out and about, *everyone* notices. 😛
Well done Meg! I read your book – it’s a fantastic read and I found so many parallels to my own experience of moving to the UK. Congratulations to you on the book and the fabulous new blog!
Thanks so much Vernice!