Ellen Decker
“Truth is stranger than fiction,
but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; truth isn’t.”
Mark Twain
Diary of a Third-Culture Kid
Missions, Miracles, and Mischief in the Last Kingdom of Africa
Journey into the World of Belonging.
Travel where the road rises, where you hear the distant thunder, smell the firewood, soak in the memory of rain, see the moon a silver teardrop on the face of heaven.
Our true identity is that we have the largest, most closely-knit family in the world, and someday a breathtaking family reunion to look forward to.
God’s global family is ultimately a story of every tribe, nation, language, and people belonging.
Embark on the beginning of a whole new story of home.
A Place to Belong
All human beings desire a place to belong.
This yearning especially thrums in the core of every adult Third-Culture Kid.
A Third-Culture Kid is an island. And also the United Nations.
For too long, TCKs have believed that because our childhoods straddled the world, we are forever wandering nomads.
Missing a certain dialect, scent, rhythm, or sunset sky has too often made us feel we are neither here nor there.
Our suitcase of stories frequently remains closed for fear of being labeled unfit to travel through life.
Memories, those echoes of remembrance that live in our hearts, are not always easy.
Stories stitch together our identity, our longing, our meaning.
Not every TCK Diary has the same stories, but we all have some common “chapters.”
Misplaced humor. Hidden immigrant. Too many goodbyes. Confused loyalties.
Global horizons. Linguistic skills. Purpose-driven. Resilient. Cultural chameleons.
A new book, Diary of a Third-Culture Kid, is for those who live between cultures and continents; for those who love them; and for anyone who longs to belong.
Come in from the edges of the map.
If your roots are in the sky, your heritage spread across the globe –
If your heart has been split by borders, your ancestry by languages –
If there is the constant ache of elsewhere, wrapped in beauty, lodged in your very being –
There is a way to find your way back to that cherished place, far away in time or distance, that your soul longs for.
Diary of a Third-Culture Kid. Your Passport to Belonging.
Poignant, witty, unflinching, Diary of a Third-Culture Kid is a panoramic immersion in cross-cultural living spanning the globe; the deep longing for love and truth and belonging; and several profoundly unforgettable miracles that will resonate long after the last page is read.
Awaken the joy and wonder of belonging to a worldwide family far bigger than we could ever ask or imagine.
Diary of a Third-Culture Kid – Available on Amazon.