I could feel each heartbeat banging in my chest. I could hear pulsing in my ears. Then… I stopped being able to feel my hands and my feet.

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I’d been wanting to blog about wedding planning along the way, but I also didn’t want to ruin the surprise for our guests. So, here is a year’s worth of blog posts gathered into one very, very long post.

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I’ve been battling some awful neck and shoulder pain since my early twenties. I injured my right shoulder dancing in high school, made it worse working as a designer (lots of mousing), and wrecked it with remote work (too much computer time).

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A few weeks ago, I lost my wallet somewhere between check-in at Barcelona Airport and landing at Boston Logan.

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In 2012 I wrote a blog post for my colleagues Peter and Alison on my favorite podcasts. Since I wrote that post, podcasting has exploded thanks to Serial and other amazing shows. Here’s a much-expanded, updated list.

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Denizen is an online magazine that publishes essays from Third Culture Kids around the world. I launched it in the fall of 2008. I’ve made so many, many mistakes working on Denizen over the years. Here’s the advice I would give to myself if I were starting it today.

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For the last two years, I’ve had two extra roommates in the roof. I don’t know their names, but I usually call them Mr. and Mrs. Squirrel. They’re the worst kind of roommate: they don’t pay rent, they’re terribly noisy, and they eat the walls.

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