by World Moms Blog | Feb 13, 2011 | East Timor, Eva Fannon, Family, Holiday, International, Motherhood, Parenting, Shaula Bellour, USA, World Moms Blog Itinerary
It’s Valentine’s Day in the USA on Monday! To celebrate, we head to the southern state of South Carolina to meet up with Maggie Ellison. Maggie shares with us how she celebrates the holiday with her children!
Tuesday, take an exciting Pacific flight with us to East Timor, where we find, Shaula Bellour, who is raising her 3-year-old twins “beach-style” in a developing nation. So cool!
Wednesday, we’re back stateside in Massachusetts. Here, we will check in with our home-schooling mom, Courtney Cappallo!
Thursday, we head west to San Francisco, USA to find A. Roselyn, our mother who likes to cook things up in the kitchen!
Friday, Eva Fannon leads our Friday Question. Don’t forget to check in and join in the conversation with our World Moms Blog writers!
We are wishing everyone an exciting Year of the Rabbit in China and a Happy Valentine’s Day in the USA!
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World Moms Blog was listed by Forbes Woman as one of the "Best 100 Websites for Women 2012 & 2013" and also called a "must read" by the NY Times Motherlode in 2013. Our Senior Editor in India, Purnima Ramakrishnan, was awarded the BlogHer International Activist Award in 2013.
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by Shaula Bellour (Indonesia) | Jan 18, 2011 | East Timor, Family Travel, Holiday, International, Motherhood, Oceania, Parenting, Shaula Bellour, Travel
Last week we returned from a wonderful holiday in Australia. After many months of island life we couldn’t wait to experience the delicious food, plentiful shopping, fun family activities and spend time with dear friends.
Immersed in exciting Lonely Planet listings, I didn’t give much thought to the re-entry process. Australia doesn’t feel far away (the Dili-Darwin flight is only an hour), but I found it really interesting to watch our family re-adapt to developed-country living.
It’s all about perspective. (more…)
Shaula Bellour grew up in Redmond, Washington. She now lives in Jakarta, Indonesia with her British husband and 9-year old boy/girl twins. She has degrees in International Relations and Gender and Development and works as a consultant for the UN and non-governmental organizations.
Shaula has lived and worked in the US, France, England, Kenya, Eritrea, Kosovo, Lebanon and Timor-Leste. She began writing for World Moms Network in 2010. She plans to eventually find her way back to the Pacific Northwest one day, but until then she’s enjoying living in the big wide world with her family.
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by World Moms Blog | Jan 16, 2011 | China, East Timor, Eva Fannon, Family, International, Motherhood, Parenting, Shaula Bellour, USA, World Moms Blog Itinerary
We start this week off with a new writer, Kyla P’an from Massachusetts, USA! Kyla writes about traveling to China with her 16-month old daughter. Check out her post on Monday!
Tuesday, we fly out to the south Pacific and land in the country of East Timor with Shaula Bellour!
Wednesday, travel with us to the west coast of the USA to check in with Eva Fannon in Seattle!
And Thursday, Sunny Springer, our Japanese-born American mom from New Jersey, USA, returns to the line-up!
Also, meet us for our Friday Question, “What is your most embarrassing moment in motherhood?” Should be another fun one!
Look out for the announcements of two new international writers to World Moms Blog soon — we are growing! Thank you for “traveling” with us and helping us spread the word about our blog!
— World Moms Blog
Our World Moms Blog logo was designed by the creative Erica Joyner Designs in Virginia, USA.
World Moms Blog is an award winning website which writes from over 30 countries on the topics of motherhood, culture, human rights and social good. Over 70 international contributors share their stories from around the globe, bonded by the common thread of motherhood and wanting a better world for their children.
World Moms Blog was listed by Forbes Woman as one of the "Best 100 Websites for Women 2012 & 2013" and also called a "must read" by the NY Times Motherlode in 2013. Our Senior Editor in India, Purnima Ramakrishnan, was awarded the BlogHer International Activist Award in 2013.
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by Shaula Bellour (Indonesia) | Dec 21, 2010 | East Timor, Family Travel, International, Kids, Motherhood, Parenting, Shaula Bellour, Travel
Nine months ago we uprooted our little family of four and moved halfway around the world, to the tropical half-island of Timor-Leste (East Timor). The physical process of relocating was a monumental feat (one that I don’t want to repeat anytime soon) and the tear-filled goodbyes were hard. Yet the idea of trading our comfortable Oregon life for a new home in one of the poorest countries in Asia seemed…well, normal.
I’d never been to Timor, or even SE Asia, for that matter. Most people I talked with had never heard of the country I was moving to and even I had to quickly educate myself. Though I’d spent many years living overseas as an adult, I’d never done it with kids. Let alone twin two-year olds. It was a daunting undertaking, but the timing felt right, and we were ready for a new adventure. (more…)
Shaula Bellour grew up in Redmond, Washington. She now lives in Jakarta, Indonesia with her British husband and 9-year old boy/girl twins. She has degrees in International Relations and Gender and Development and works as a consultant for the UN and non-governmental organizations.
Shaula has lived and worked in the US, France, England, Kenya, Eritrea, Kosovo, Lebanon and Timor-Leste. She began writing for World Moms Network in 2010. She plans to eventually find her way back to the Pacific Northwest one day, but until then she’s enjoying living in the big wide world with her family.
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