When the Third Culture Kid Grows Up: An Interview with M (Episode 3, Season 2)
When the Third Culture Kid Grows Up: An Interview with M
We are interviewing all of our regular contributors for you to get to know them better. Today’s guest is M, who was a GP and cross-cultural worker in the Middle East, but currently living in Argentina with her Latino husband. She is also one of our regular writers at Stories.
We explore M’s lifelong interest in connecting with and finding common ground with the stranger, people whom on the face of it seem quite different to her, and how this has played out in her work history and friendships. We also discuss grief in relation to the cancer diagnoses of two of her brothers, one of whom recovered and the other passed away, and learning to trust a God who is good, strong and kind.
Thanks for listening to Episode 3, Season 2 of The After Dinner Mint, a podcast of Stories I’d Tell You at Dinner. Thanks for sharing your day with us!
In today’s episode, we explore:
Growing up in West Africa as a child of cross-cultural workers, becoming a Christian at five years old, and bouncing around continents as a Third Culture Kid.
M’s lifelong interest in connecting with and understanding people, who on first glance are quite different to her, and how this has looked in her friendships and work life. M trained a GP and worked in Aboriginal health clinics, alternative communities, and the Middle East as a cross-cultural worker.
Walking through seasons of grief with two of her brothers diagnosed with cancer, one of whom recovered while her other brother passed away. We explore the shift from an intellectual faith to a deeply emotional one, holding both emotions and intellect together, trusting that God is good, strong, and kind.
Her recent marriage to a Latino man, which sees her living in Argentina and learning Spanish.
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Mentioned in this episode
“It is far more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has.” Hippocrates
M’s essay about eulogies, We Need to Hear the Stories, on Stories I’d Tell You at Dinner.
Catch Me Singing - covered by The Worship Initiative
The women who encourage M: Celia, Hannah.
About M
Until recently, M was an overseas cross-cultural worker, so she is now processing all the transitions whilst still in transition herself. She is grateful for her Latino husband, acts of kindness and grace and friends who have prayed for her in seasons of loss. She enjoys taking photos of beautiful doors and is dipping her toe into the world of birding. You can find more on Instagram @booksonfridays