7 Ways Learning a Language is Like Being the Parent of a Newborn

We are currently in the middle of learning our third language (not counting the snippets of Spanish and American Sign Language we both picked up growing up). As I’m going through this process again, it struck me once again how humbling it is to start learning to communicate from scratch. A friend recently asked me what language learning is like. …

Two Places at Once

This week’s prompt for the writing flash mob that is Five Minute Friday with LisaJo is: BELONG GO I stare out the airplane window at the beauty before me. Lights sparkle like so many diamonds strewn across black velvet. I realize this is the last time I’ll see this skyline as I land in a plane for a very.long.time. Years. …