beach — Stories

Returning to the Ocean's Wave

I know how older people feel, when they return to a country abandoned long ago…

Fear, Moving, Water, AdulthoodBy Shannon Irby (From Ramstein, Tucson, Okinawa, Adana, D.C., San Antonio & Houston. Living in Okinawa.)16 January 2021tck, TCK TOWN, Third Culture Adult, third culture kid, beach, ocean, childhood, resilienceComment

The Ebb and Flow of Guam

Of all the places I lived, the beach was closest on Guam. I remember white sand on northern island beaches burning my feet, and those same feet running tourist crowded expanses to the promise of cool, aquamarine lagoons…

WaterBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)28 March 2020Third Culture Adult, third culture kid, water, TCK, TCK TOWN, storm, Guam, beach, touristsComment

A Grim Balinese Summer

Isn’t that always the case? You plan for life to go a certain way, only for it to forge its own path…

Birthdays, GoodbyeBy Stephany Daal (From Suriname, Curaçao, Venezuela & Amsterdam. Living in Brussels)22 January 2020tck, TCK TOWN, Tck, third culture kid, Bali, summer, Jakarta, suicide, birthday, beach, Vietnam, Indonesia, familiy Comment

Words By The Sea

On the silted shores of that Kashmiri lake from my childhood - my shoes slowly ruining in the slush of snow, mud and plum blossoms - I stood beside the houseboat we were staying in (which once hosted Henry Kissinger). That was the month Indira Gandhi was voted out and my whole family got stuck in India.