One week in and we are in the swing of things!
It's been just about a week since we took off from New York and landed far away in Finland. It feels like we've been here much longer as...
We have arrived!
After flying from New York to Helsinki overnight on Wednesday, spending five hours in the Helsinki airport and then taking a short flight...
100 books in 2015
I love to read. Our family gave up cable TV a few years ago so we only use Netflix or DVDs and I personally watch almost no television...
Saying Goodbye
This week marked the beginning of all the goodbyes our family has to say as we prepare to leave for seven months. I knew it would be...
The Cabin...20 years later
This Thanksgiving I found myself once again surrounded by my family at Aunt Joanne's house. Twenty-two Agros (and some extended family)...
Learning and the Brain - Boston
Last week I had the pleasure to attend the 2015 Learning and the Brain Conference in Boston, MA. I met a variety of experts in the...
We Are Called
A few weeks ago I reached out to a wonderful nun with whom I did community service while at Loyola College (now Loyola University...
Fair or Equal
One of the greatest benefits of being part of the Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching family is the great group of new friends...
Two months!
Two months. Eight weeks. In about sixty days I will be on a plane with my family on our way to Helsinki then Jyvaskyla to embark on my...
Three and a half months to go...
I planned to write this post when I had four months until our family's departure for Jyvaskyla but school started for my husband, then my...
