Note: In November of 2019, I wrote an essay as a part of an online developmental psychology course about a time the I went through a...

There are many apps related to pregnancy that will encourage you to take photos of your growing bump weekly. However, I was not really...

Note: It’s important to start by saying that this blog post is not about my birth. I’m still pregnant (37 weeks 5 days) as I write about...

What if I told that you that when Ben and I first started dating, it wasn’t because he found me particularly attractive? Okay, well,...

The Annual Gala Spring Festival holiday is China’s biggest holiday celebration. Ben and I normally go to Shanghai to spend the holiday...

So, I previously had a blog post called Colorful Conversations: Good Enough. It was about a conversation I had with a rickshaw driver in...

I talked about hosting culture in two of my recent blogs, and this was inspired by my landlords, Mr. Liu and Ms. Yan, both of whom I...

When I moved to Shanghai in 2014 to be closer to Ben, we started living together in a rented apartment. Ben’s parents didn’t know this....

Much of my travel in China is for work reasons. For example, I may go to one city to observe teachers, and I may go to another for a...

If you walk by a construction site or stand by a bus stop in China, you will see posters encouraging the ideals of the country such as...

Of course, living in China is not all about awkward questions and cultural faux pas. For those who are considering living abroad, China...

Before we begin, imagine a motorized rickshaw that has four wheels. It has space at the front for one person, the driver, and space at...

A few years ago, my husband Ben, who is a nutritionist and permaculture advocate, wanted to have a community farm on the campus of the...

I was born in Jamaica; however, I am now a U.S. citizen and live in China. When people in China ask me where I am from in English, I...