Always at home, sort of

When you are a TCK (who is always at home) the question “Where are you from?” can be considered a trick question. We left Amsterdam early one morning heading to America. Our first stop was in Atlanta. In the airplane, Beth and Sarah Claire were in the two seats next to the window, and I was in the middle section with the “twins.” A nice, older, Dutch couple was sitting behind Beth and Sarah Claire, and Sarah Claire stood up in her seat from time to time to visit with them. 

When the captain started talking about landing, they asked Sarah Claire where she was from. “Are you going home to Atlanta?” So Beth told her to tell them where we live. Now the child knows more geography than your average two-year-old, and certainly knows what country and city we live in. But when they asked her where we live, she said, “Number Five!”  We laughed and laughed. Every day when I bring her home from her day care, we walk up the stairs and look for door number 5. So, she was exactly right. We live in Number Five.