Susie Csorsz Brown
- Jun 6, 2019
- 2 min
Skill set: Friend
Stand up. A friend will not cave to peer pressure and waffle on a topic, issue, or confrontation just because the majority feels otherwise. A friend will stick, especially in public, even if the cool kids are in dissent. A friend will support our stand, even if it makes them unpopular. A friend doesn’t waver in his opinion or preferences depending on a whim or the audience. Show up. A friend will issue an invite, and stick to it, no matter what. A friend will turn down
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- May 20, 2017
- 7 min
'Tis the season ... Bah, humbug!
Tis the season again. The time of mass exodus from post. 'Tis the season for perfecting your spin on saying sayonara. 'Tis the season for helping your kids learn what it means to say 'goodbye' to a friend, and to deal with the aftermath of them having realized what it really means that they won't be seeing their friend in the morning. Or next week. Or next school year. This time it's our turn, too. We are nomads, right? We've chosen this lifestyle. Moving is perhaps
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Aug 5, 2016
- 3 min
Reaching Out
‘You can be smart, you can be beautiful, but if you don’t know how to treat people, if you don’t walk into a room and say hello, if you don’t say thank you, if you’re not looking out for the kid who’s sitting alone by his or herself, then who are you?’ Michelle Obama One of the things I truly love about parenting is when I hear something I believe is of value coming back out of my kids’ mouths. Oh sure, this very same parroting has come back to bite me in the keister more o
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Jun 5, 2016
- 3 min
Your people
Confession time: There are moments when my kids drive me bananas. Like certifiable, up-the-wall crazy. There are no three people more skilled at finding and pushing my buttons, except perhaps their dad. But then there are no four people who know me better, right? For that matter, there are also no four people whom I hold more dear. We as expats move a lot. We lug our stuff to and fro, packing and unpacking, settling and resettling. Perhaps military folks aside, I know n
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- May 29, 2016
- 6 min
Small World
'Tis the season of mass exodus from post. 'Tis the season for perfecting your spin on saying sayonara. 'Tis the season for helping your kids learn what it means to say 'goodbye' to a friend, and to deal with the aftermath of them having realized what it really means that they won't be seeing their friend in the morning. Or next week. Or next school year. We are nomads, right? That is perhaps hard to deal with but fairly easy to understand as an adult; this is so much ha
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