{"id":3784,"date":"2022-08-31T00:19:34","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T05:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/?p=3784"},"modified":"2022-08-31T20:26:37","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T01:26:37","slug":"some-of-our-home-leave-experiences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/2022\/some-of-our-home-leave-experiences\/","title":{"rendered":"Some of our Home Leave Experiences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What a memorable home leave!  It was definitely worth the 3 year wait.  So many good memories, experiences and connections to carry with us into the next phase of Cambodian life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we were preparing for home leave, I was challenged to consider the purpose of home leave.  It was\/is so many things!  I discussed this with Charles and one of the primary purposes that came out of our conversation was that we wanted home leave to be a grounding in American culture for our kids.  The Misunderstood<\/a> book I use as a reference for raising third culture kids shares stories of how kids often feel disconnected and lost in their passport culture. I knew that a few months wasn\u2019t going to make them totally familiar with American foods, experiences or cultural touchstones, but at least we could give them a taste of it.  And wow \u2013 did our home community deliver!  Here is a not-comprehensive list of foods and experiences that I would consider American (or Canadian) which our girls got to have:<\/p>\n\n\n\n