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I'm originally from Sweden but spent my whole life moving from country to country; to begin with due to my parents' work however even after moving out I continued the nomadic lifestyle. My husband, Kris, and I met in Belgium and after several years together there and in Switzerland we moved to his home country, Scotland. It took me 10 countries (don't ask how many apartments/houses) to find home, but I definitely feel like I finally have here in rural Scotland. 


We have three kids together, Vanessa & Nova as well as our son, Elis, born in 2018 with achondroplasia (the first person with dwarfism in our family). Part of the madhouse is also our 13 year old Cocker Spaniel, Nelson. We've survived 4 house moves together, 2 of those were also country moves, one with an 8 month old the second with a 2 year old while 7 months pregnant (it's possible but not necessarily fun). Even though I hope our kids don't have to move around as much as I did as a child, I enjoy sharing my multicultural upbringing with them and we are bringing them up bilingual in Swedish & English. Both my husband & I love being outdoors & are forever dragging the children out on excursions.

So far there haven't been many dull moments in life and after numerous requests from friends and family I've decided to start this blog to share my reflections on some of the events in our life. I've always enjoyed putting my thoughts into writing despite not always feeling confident that a broader audience will want to read them. But I've felt emboldened by words of support & hope that some of what I write might be useful to others, especially in the light of our son's condition. I feel like it's very much my job to spread our knowledge, and this seems like a fantastic platform to start that journey on. As for the whole parenting gig, I've definitely not figured it all out, but maybe we can laugh, cry & share tips on how to survive it together!

If you'd like to find out more about why the blog has the name it does I wrote a post about it here: Why all the butterflies?


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