Something to Say About Life in the Netherlands

There are defin­ing moments in your life. The choice of tak­ing a right or left, to stop or to go, or per­haps stay or leave. These are some of the type of choices that come to mind. Some are sub­tle, yet oth­ers almost unimag­in­able. For Jenn in Hol­land, her defin­ing moment will have an ever­last­ing impact. The blog is named Some­thing to Say About Life in the Nether­lands and it chron­i­cles a fam­ily from the United States that lives abroad.

Jenn writes, “The story begins like this: A cou­ple of years ago my hus­band got a crazy notion in his head that return­ing to school after years in the pro­fes­sional world might be a good idea. So he and I along with our three chil­dren left our sub­ur­ban life in the U.S. and traded it for a new adven­ture in The Nether­lands. The saga con­tin­ues like this: A year of post grad­u­ate study was so much fun, we fig­ured we’d stay a while longer. Work­ing in a new field, attend­ing new schools and liv­ing in a new city, I dare say we have set­tled into a rhythm in our expat lives. This blog is the record I keep of our expe­ri­ences here; good, bad and hilar­i­ous. Intended as an out­let for my expres­sion, this is the place for me to say my some­thing. I wel­come you warmly.”

But this move to Hol­land and its back story was not the defin­ing moment of which we speak. The post is from Jan­u­ary 29, 2008 and is all of eleven words. We know the post Noth­ing Has Changed; Yet Every­thing is Dif­fer­ent will deeply move you. The Ris­ing Blog­ger is very pleased that a for­mer win­ner nom­i­nated this post and is hon­ored to award it our Post of the Day. We will say a prayer for Jenn and her family.

Review writ­ten by BUD WEISER.