25 Ways to Know If You Are A Cabin Person
You love to be on water, in water, underwater, treasuring the silky, smooth, feeling of cool velvet on your skin. You can tolerate inconveniences. The toilet may back up, electricity may go off and bugs will bite for sure. But you roll with it. You enjoy passing on traditions – first hike, first bike ride, […]
France Names Gym After American Basketball Player, My Mentor
When a car accident in France ended my professional basketball career, I wanted to curl up and die. While struggling to rehabilitate, my physical therapist in Paris, saw my despair and said, “Don’t cry. Call Henry Fields. He’ll help you out.” “McKinzie,” Henry said when I called. “Oh yeah, I remember you. Shot the eyes […]
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the International Baccalaureate
In a recent blog, I boasted about Sterling High School where I studied in my youth, but I am equally proud of the International School of Geneva Switzerland, where I taught for years as an adult. The world’s oldest international school, started in 1924, became a co-founder of the International Baccalaureate, which is marking it’s […]
Discovering Family History With DNA Testing
Since childhood when my maternal grandma put a diary in my hand and encouraged me to write my story, I wondered, “Who am I?” Spending my adult life abroad, where one has to forge a new identity, only magnified that question and made me more curious to find out where I come from. Using DNA […]
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X-Pat, a feisty globetrotter. Teacher, writer, coach, speaker, and trailblazer with the down-to-earth, open-armed persona of The Heartland and a European twist. I have lived in four different countries, speak three languages and raised two bi-cultural kids with one très bon Frenchman. My passion is inspiring courage, breaking barriers, and creating connections.
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