Author Archives: Wild Angel Films
International Travel with Kids: Credo and Guidelines
Greetings from Paris, London, Rome, Sofia, Montreal, Beijing, Vienna, Nairobi, Sao Paolo, the world! Wish you were here! If you are anything like my husband and I — slightly rebellious and not willing to stay bogged down, just because we have had kids … Read More…
Through Children’s Eyes
I stood in the middle of our living room, a gaping backpack in one hand, brain spinning as my internal clock was ticking. “Where are the Bulgarian textbooks?” I asked with a hint of distress, but at no one in particular, and hoping against … Read More…
I, The First-time Parent: Rhapsody in Blue
I am taken. Completely, irreversibly, mysteriously, expectedly, rapturously taken. I thought I wouldn’t forget the moments that made up the earlier years of my being a parent. So much of it evaporated into the air. Here’s what stayed. Felt so full for … Read More…
We Shaped One Another, We Let Each Other Be
Our lives twist and turn every which way. Like the tidal waves of oceans, we absorb everything within our reach, needed or not – from technicolored shells, to treasured, incredible creatures, to belligerent garbage, aimed at our destruction. We grab it all. Hungrily, … Read More…
We Do What We Can: Re-Learning Parental Humility
Walking the bustling streets of a Black Sea resort, irritation and boredom pervade my innards. I can’t shake them, not even when I watch the boys’ steps gain in their characteristically happy bounce. They’re dancing to the music of this town’s vacation smiles, party-mindedness, … Read More…
This Is Not Just a Story: You Could Be a Pioneer
We get to be surprised in life. For me, a most recent surprise came this summer, when I had an impromptu heart-to-heart with an old friend, whilst riding a flying dolphin on the Bratislava-Vienna route. Her parenting story is proof, that even … Read More…