January 17, 2020
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December 26, 2019
by Dy
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Cub Scouts 2017-2018
Ben and I were able to be Oliver’s Wolf Scout Leaders this year. It wasn’t how we planned to spend every Saturday but scouts is really important to our family and the boys enjoy it so. American style Cub or … Continue reading
December 22, 2019
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Summer in Maine 2019
Maine holds a special place in our heart. Ben and I met and began dating between our Junior and Senior years of high school (I should really do a post on that). We were still together after high school graduation … Continue reading
December 21, 2019
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Upstate New York
Spending much of July in upstate New York was a dream Lagos detox! So how did we end up in this glorious place? A great state department friend from Lagos listened to me whine for months about not wanting to … Continue reading
December 21, 2019
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Leaving Nigeria
I was never going to do this post. It was just too hard. But while training at FSI this fall Ben and I were approached by a fan who reads our blog…yes there are a couple who aren’t family and … Continue reading
June 28, 2019
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March, April and May-Lagos 2019
It was a busy spring.
April 16, 2019
by Dannica Gordon
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Once on This Island
When we began discussing which performance we’d be doing this year, our choices where Mama Mia or Beauty and the Beast, and both of those were shot down. Mama Mia because there is a gay character and the mom doesn’t … Continue reading
July 20, 2018
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More New Experiences
We had gone dark for a while, in part because we were out of Nigeria on our R&R vacation to Denmark and the US. We told ourselves that we might make a blog post from the road, even said we’d … Continue reading
June 6, 2018
by Dy
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So you are moving to a developing country..be prepared for clutter
This post may seem pointless to many of my Foreign Service friends, but many people from the US have never lived over seas. Even fewer have lived in a developing country. I wasn’t prepared for how cluttered my house would … Continue reading
May 29, 2018
by Dannica Gordon
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Mulan
As a few of you might know, I got the amazing opportunity to play the main role of Mulan in our school musical production this year.