tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25057281.post4099003135978508044..comments2023-03-10T12:38:54.612+01:00Comments on Beth in France: Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14141877537334176841noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25057281.post-56583548225170420472008-09-11T21:25:00.000+02:002008-09-11T21:25:00.000+02:00I am sorry that Valentine is having a rough go...i...I am sorry that Valentine is having a rough go...it can be odd, we are know as the Canadians rather than by name, though some folks are confused and think we are French, German, whatever....Someone even turned to me and commented that I was the famous Canadian wasn't I....a bit of a stretch, though I guess within the world of the village....<BR/><BR/>Hope things get better...eldest starts a new school on Monday...la Canadenka...we'll see how it goes.<BR/><BR/>Glad the others are doing well anyway. Hope it gets better all around. I too have made comments about the bored sophisticate not really making friends and influencing people....orenetahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616103982088424715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25057281.post-31588473885794747402008-09-11T06:13:00.000+02:002008-09-11T06:13:00.000+02:00Considering the fact that we are in La France Prof...Considering the fact that we are in La France Profond (aka SERIOUS Rural France) I do my best to BLEND. Don't want to frighten the neighbors. They might blame me when their milk cows go dry.<BR/>And after surviving the start-up of the HLC, it would be a shame to die burned as a witch, don't you think?Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141877537334176841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25057281.post-20221938909382363772008-09-10T23:04:00.000+02:002008-09-10T23:04:00.000+02:00Wow, you must be in serious rural France if kids f...Wow, you must be in serious rural France if kids from BURKINA can play the sophisticates.... This may be an even more adventurous first-overseas-trip-with-baby than I imagined (no, no news yet, but that doesn't stop me from already making travel plans for Baby X). <BR/><BR/>Sorry it's hard on V. But being the new girl in school can be really cool -- nobody has any backstory on you, so you can make everything start fresh. <BR/><BR/>But what are you doing for clothes now that pagnes would be a bit, umm, different?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25057281.post-31463975800324706002008-09-09T08:30:00.000+02:002008-09-09T08:30:00.000+02:00Thanks for the kind wishes.Yes, the kids keep in t...Thanks for the kind wishes.<BR/>Yes, the kids keep in touch with pals back in Ouaga- but since school started again, Tya's friends are a lot less quick to answer her emails. I guess it's normal... She has so much homework that she doesn't have much time to write, either. <BR/>Sev and the twins are very connected, blogging and emailing almost daily. As a result they are feeling much happier than their big sister.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141877537334176841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25057281.post-45376824965623523852008-09-08T23:47:00.000+02:002008-09-08T23:47:00.000+02:00Are the children able to maintain and Blogger brid...Are the children able to maintain and Blogger bridge back to their friends. It boggles the mind to think that they are only SKYPE or a blog away from their recent past, if their friends have the good fortune to be connected to the Internet.<BR/><BR/>I went from Boonville, Oklahoma to Santa Clara County, California at 15.5 years old and while our ages are decidedly different, the culture shock had to have been very similar--I had an Oklahoma accent that you could cut with a knife.<BR/><BR/>I wish all of your children the very best French acculturation process while simultaneously keeping alive all that Africa means to them in their heart of hearts and their understanding of the earth and its inhabitants.<BR/><BR/>Amitiés,La Framéricainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09879118710247405871noreply@blogger.com