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But I Did Anyway - Mock Funeral
By PortalBot • August 22, 2020

Mock Funeral There was no funeral.No flowers.No ceremony.No one had died.No weeping or wailing.Just in my heart.I can’t…But I did anyway,and nobody knew I couldn’t.I don’t want to…But nobody else s...

An Interview with Sara Saunders, Author of the TCK Book - SWIRLY
By PortalBot • August 22, 2020

There have been a lot of books written about Third Culture Kids but not so many for them, especially for young TCKs. Swirly, written by adult-TCK Sara Saunders and illustrated by Matthew ...

TCK Training
By PortalBot • August 22, 2020

The mission of TCK Training is to come alongside parents and sending entities for the purpose of equipping, encouraging, and empowering them to raise up healthy Third Culture Kids.

By: TC...

The Means That Make Us Strangers
By PortalBot • August 22, 2020

Home is where your people are. But who are your people?
Adelaide has lived her whole life in rural Ethiopia as the white American daughter of an anthropologist. Then her family moves to South ...

Suitcases by Haddie Grace
By PortalBot • August 22, 2020

"Suitcases," an original TCK song, focuses on resilience rather than grief, and instead of lamenting the absence of a traditional sense of home, claims the term by redefining it.

Emotional Resilience and the Expat Child: Practical Storytelling Techniques That Will Strengthen the Global Family
By PortalBot • August 22, 2020

The only thing you can be sure you can move around the world is your child's ability to increase his or her interpersonal skills. In today's global world, each of us is searching for effective tool...

Kaleidoscope for TCKs’s Instagram post: “For the third episode of TCKs 101 we’re tackling the big one: grief. Disenfranchised and accumulated, TCK grief is unique...except for when…”
By PortalBot • August 22, 2020

”What does Corona Quarantine and TCKs have in common?  For the third episode of TCKs 101 we’re tackling the big one: grief. Disenfranchised and accumulated, TCK grief is unique...except for wh...

FIVE Cs THAT EXPLAIN MKs: Help for Those Who Love us
By PortalBot • August 22, 2020

Defining what it means to be an MK ranks right up there with summarizing the plot of Inception or The Matrix. We’re not just Rubik’s Cubes. We’re Rubik’s Cubes whose facets are made of multicultura...

Growing Up Global: What a TCK's Life is Like
By PortalBot • August 22, 2020

A collection of stories compiled and edited by Cindy Loong.

Note: unsure if still in print

By Cindy Loong

7 Lies Christians in College Tell Themselves
By PortalBot • August 22, 2020

Christians in college are susceptible to these lies. Here’s how each can be debunked.

Hidden in My Heart: A Tck's Journey Through Cultural Transition
By PortalBot • August 22, 2020

When Taylor Murray arrived in Japan, she felt like she was on an adventure-an adventure that God had called her family to take. The unique food, the strange language and the foreign culture were ex...

7 Thoughts for Graduating TCKs
By PortalBot • August 22, 2020

Dear Graduating Senior, This spring I hugged you. I cried with you. I said goodbye to you. And then I looked into the faces of your parents as they said goodbye too. How can I express the depth of ...