Third Culture Kid – Wandering Optimist

THIRD CULTURE KID

Wendy and Luke - A TCK Love Story

Luke & Wendy: A TCK Love Story

Seraphina and Xano love story thumbnail

Seraphina & Xano – A TCK Love Story

Sharon Ko TCK Artist

Reflections on Art & Faith

Anxiety - Unsplash

Peaking into the life of an adopted TCK

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Wendy and Luke - A TCK Love Story

Luke & Wendy: A TCK Love Story

Seraphina and Xano love story thumbnail

Seraphina & Xano – A TCK Love Story

Do Your Own Camino

Do Your Own Camino

Sharon Ko TCK Artist

Reflections on Art & Faith

Anxiety - Unsplash

Peaking into the life of an adopted TCK

Photo by Vita Marija Murenaite on Unsplash

A Letter to Home

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We do not travel merely in a conventional physical

We do not travel merely in a conventional physical manner, but also by learning and growing.

We travel as we are stretched— as we hunt for meaning and interact with new ideas. We travel when our hearts, minds, and souls remain open.

May we never lose that wonder.

New love story up now! Luke + Wendy met in fifth

New love story up now!

Luke + Wendy met in fifth grade and got married fifteen years later. It is a story of waiting, middle school drama, global adventures, and the power of Facebook video chat.

Check it out on the website, up now 🌙

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#internationallovers #tck #thirdculture #thirdculturekid #thirdculturekids #adventurouslovestories #lifestyleblog #globalnomads #wanderingoptimist

Loved doing this interview. This woman is full of

Loved doing this interview. This woman is full of soul + heart, overflowing with creative energy and a deep desire to make positive change.

A TCK from Turkey and a Korean-American now living in Santa Barbara, her story is one of diversity and seeking understanding and most of all, the creative and compassionate heart of God.

If you are a creative and/or a TCK, this interview may relate to you. Read on our website 🌙

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#tckart #thirdcultureartist #multicultural #multiculturalism #multiculturalart #artandfaith #faithandart #visualartists #visualartistswork #thirdculture #thirdculturekids #thirdculturekid #printmakersagainstracism #artforchange #westmontart #westmontcollege #filmphotographersoninstagram

Looking for plant-based, sustainable recipes and l

Looking for plant-based, sustainable recipes and local cuisine. Where do you live? What do you eat? How do you try to honor earth and culture in your kitchen? 🌿

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#wendellberry #wendellberryquotes #wendellberrywednesday #sustainablekitchen #plantbasedrecipes #eatclosetotheearth

VERY EXCITED to announce that we have an article a

VERY EXCITED to announce that we have an article about the Camino de Santiago coming out soon.

This is one of the most well-known, spiritual, and enriching journeys on earth, known for its communal nature and depth of purpose.

“Do your own Camino”
Coming to the website soon 🍂

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#doyourowncamino #caminodesantiago #caminodelnortedesantiago #caminodelnorte2018 #caminodelnorte #thewayofstjames #spiritualpilgrimage #caminotips #caminodesantiago

Wisdom for today 🍃 — #maryoliverquotes #mary

Wisdom for today 🍃

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#maryoliverquotes #maryoliverpoetry #maryoliverpoem #maryoliverquote #poetryquote #poetrywisdom #travelpoetry #globalnomads #wanderingoptimist

OUR STORY 💫 Creating the Wandering Optimist be

OUR STORY 💫

Creating the Wandering Optimist began when I faced a fourth summer after teaching full time at an international school in Istanbul, Turkey. I had been surrounded by expatriates and third culture kids for nearly my whole life. Living as an American expat in Istanbul and remembering my upbringing as a TCK in Ukraine, Austria, and Czech Republic had awakened a desire in me to share stories of these globally minded people I was surrounded by.

I understood some plights and joys of growing up far away from my passport country. Though I love my global community, I have struggled with notions of belonging to any physical space, being uprooted and replanted multiple times, feeling blind to cultural norms, and feeling like a foreigner everywhere.

The hope became to create a space where the global community could create beauty, write out their experiences, publish rich wisdom, and unite under some fundamental similarities: we all live in this complex and intricately tangled global world.

The Wandering Optimist is to be a space filled with narratives, raw emotion, art, hope, joy and wisdom. We hope you find this space beneficial, beautiful, and a place where everyone can feel a little more connected.

With love,
@wendywaldrop

Founder of the Wandering Optimist

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CALLING ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS! ✨ Do you enjoy captu

CALLING ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS!

✨ Do you enjoy capturing the world around you?
✨ Are you a global citizen?
✨ Would you like to have your work published?

If you answered “yes” to any of these, we’d love to help you promote your art. DM us to talk 🎞

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#henricartierbresson #henricartierbressonfoundation #henricartierbressoninspired #henricartierbressonquotes #wanderingoptimist #photographyquotes

This love story is one for the books! Xano & Serap

This love story is one for the books! Xano & Seraphina are both TCKs and are full of life, love, and creativity. Together they could rule the world, especially the cooking world.

Read their story online now! 🥰

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#tcklove #thirdculturekid #thirdculturekids #thirdculturekidtravels #tcklovestory #internationallovestory #europeanlovers #europeanlove

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