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    SKIPPING ROPE IN MY FAMILY LIFE

    “A life without ups and downs is like a year without spring”. In March, when the weather changes—getting colder, warmer, lighter, darker—that’s how I could describe the current period of my life. Let’s get straight to the positive experiences of this week and skip the bad moments from previous posts. https://littlepuzzlesandme.com/what-great-things-will-happen-in-2026/ First and foremost, half of my family celebrates their birthdays in March, some less, some more, but we’re all still together, and that’s the most precious thing in life. Family and friends are all around us. The greatest influence on how smoothly my children’s early life in a foreign country went was exerted by their friends – the smallest…

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    THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW LIFE

    “TO TRAVEL IS TO DISCOVER THAT EVERYONE IS WRONG ABOUT ANOTHER COUNTRY.” – Aldous Huxley – When you go to another country for the first time, you are absolutely sure it will be a piece of cake. The first gentle slap in the face appears at the Airport. The next hard punch comes when you are trying to find a job, and in search of friends, a knockout occurs. STORY NO 1 Finally, I sit on the plane. Soon I will live in another country with other people like me. They emigrated earlier, and when they found a place to live and a job, they contacted me and offered me…