As many of you know, my family and I recently moved from Abu Dhabi to Dubai.
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Summer is upon us in full throttle. Schools are done for the year. Everyone is busy planning their summers, making sure they find the best ways to keep their children busy. So what do we do with them?
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What is it about having children that scares people off of traveling? Why do you put so much blame and stock on the children and your inability to travel and “live your life”? News flash: it’s not the children’s fault. If you feel you can’t travel with children, then that’s on you, not them. It’s you that lacks the proper life skills and character to travel with your kids.
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Not too long ago, I had this crazy idea that I should go on holiday with my kids. Everyone said I was insane, that I should take someone with me, or leave them behind, or not go at all. Everyone assumed it would be too much to handle, that I would regret it, that it would be exhausting and not a lot of fun. Everyone was right.
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It was 1948. A mass exodus of refugees occurred. That was how the story of my life started - forty years before I was ever born.
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As women, we have been conditioned to think that there is nothing scarier than turning 30. It’s when everything begins to go downhill… so we’re made to believe.
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As I drove to my first day back to work, I felt anxious. I woke up, and got dressed to go to work giving my children big hugs, knowing that I won’t be the one to pick up my son from nursery that day, or the one to put them down for their nap, or the one to walk in to their room when they woke up. It was bittersweet.
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Last weekend marked our first trip with the kids away from home as a family. Since becoming a parent, holidays have become a subject of stress, rather than excitement, because of all the things you need to take into consideration when traveling with a child, let alone two.
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