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The One Hardship Abroad I’ll Never Get Used To

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Being abroad is beautiful, magical, exciting. It not just allows us the kind of life we want for our family, it gives it to us in bounty. And yet, it isn’t always easy; because there is always one hardship about...

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Revisiting Pandora’s [Travel] Box: Expats Living Abroad

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  • Expat

My mind wandered to all of the cliché European images I would see once we were expats living abroad. For me, abroad meant Europe. Dominican Republic never crossed my mind. Isn’t that an island people vacation to and book all-inclusive packages...

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The Other Side of Awesome

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  • Family

These days are happening more and more often. They’re coming faster than before and like the last few hours of contractions they’re hitting stronger. Time is fleeting. It is getting away from me. I look at Rafa and she seems...

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The Time I Compared the Airport to the Olympics

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  • Expat, Pocket Full o' Mumbles

Traveling with a baby is like the Olympic Sprint event. You are going up against some really tough opponents but if you could be just a little faster, just one step ahead, and hold on for just a little bit...

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No Title: An Ode to a Time

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  • Pocket Full o' Mumbles

I had a rough start with blogging. I had started a blog in 2009 but was totally confused about how to do anything. I quickly forgot about it. It wasn’t until I moved abroad and had our first baby that...

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Home in 300 Counts

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When Husband and I were getting ready to move from our home in NJ to this little island 1500 miles southeast of us, we were ready. For reasons too long to list right now, we were ready. So ready that...

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The Mojito Conversation

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  • Expat, Family

Husband and I have been here for almost three years and it never ceases to astound us just how much we do here in one week’s time. Yesterday, after work and spending hours at the school playground we made a...

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Mix Tape: A Look Back to Blaming Springsteen

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Week 9: Pump Up the (car) Jam Can’t stick around for this week’s party??  Next week’s theme will be…  Your Favorite Oldie And now… I love driving and I love music so it should go without saying that driving while...

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Dissection of an 80’s Party

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  • Fiesta Forever: A Party Planning Series

The dark. An unsuspecting victim. A gang of people yelling. A surprised face. Faces laughing and cheering. A husband validated. The surprise over. A husband relieved… This is the dissection of an 80’s Party I’m the kind of person that...

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Mix Tape: The Evolution of Choosing a Wedding Song

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  • ExplorHer, Family

A wedding song. That should be a simple, right? There’s always a song that starts with you from the very beginning, that sums up your relationship and feels like it was made just for you. We had one of those,...

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Jennifer Legra ⎮ Author

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Jennifer Legra is a writer, personal growth mentor, and community consultant that helps people uncork and savor their best lives. Drinking the Whole Bottle was created as a reminder that each person can create a delicious life by celebrating small moments, finding magic in the mundane, and making choices in the direction of the life they want. Our lives are a collection of our days, collect them with wonder. She has been featured in leading media outlets. She currently lives in Mexico with her Husband, kids, and rescue dogs.

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