Impossible to compartmentalize.
Former expat in South Africa, current American back in her homeland experiencing reverse culture shock and sleep deprivation. Wife to handsome Saffie, mother of two monkeys. I write to keep the insanity at bay.
Posts by Sarah J
Blog Posted by Sarah J of Suburban Misfit Mom on May 11, 2016
My dad sent me this picture along with a caption a few days ago: "The 3 family house we brought you home to, in 1983." (He sent this picture to my email from his phone as a text, my...
Blog Posted by Sarah J of Suburban Misfit Mom on May 5, 2016
Yeah, you read that right, I LEARNED stuff in Kindergarten this year! Well, I didn't actually get to GO to Kindergarten this year, but my daughter did, and we freakin' rocked it. And as we look forward to Summer, and...
Blog Posted by Sarah J of Suburban Misfit Mom on March 23, 2016
Lately, I've been following Bunmi Laditan (creative genius behind The Honest Toddler, published author of "Toddlers are A**holes", and social media mom-star). For me and lots of moms I know, she is our new heroine. We fanatically like and comment on...
Blog Posted by Sarah J of Suburban Misfit Mom on March 10, 2016
The mind is so powerful, so mysterious. I think most people would agree that their's usually runs on a fairly predictable continuous loop of sorts: tasks to complete; things to worry about; places to go; things we silently say to...
Blog Posted by Sarah J of Suburban Misfit Mom on February 19, 2016
I think it might be morbid. I don't know if I am compared to other people because of my inability to live inside another person's deepest darkest fears. But also because of our relatively recent inability to be anything remotely...
Blog Posted by Sarah J of Suburban Misfit Mom on January 18, 2016
A year ago the decision was made. We had had just about enough of South Africa. We were afraid for our future there, afraid of the Rand plummeting and feeling stuck, afraid of the seemingly looming electricity crisis and the...
Blog Posted by Sarah J of Suburban Misfit Mom on December 22, 2015
So, after living abroad for 5 years, one thing I can honestly say about Americans is that we have a strong tendency to freak the f*ck out over the Holidays. This as it turns out is actually pretty counter intuitive...
