Author Archives: Taige Hammerel

How do you condense your life into one pallet? For some people, maybe this is not a problem at all. Maybe they don’t get attached to stuff (or are minimalists), but that is not me! I love my things! I worked really hard for my “stuff” and it’s really nice. I have my beautiful weddingContinue reading “48″ x 40″ x 52″”

(Photo credit: Deborah Wyman, 2021) When I decided to move here, I knew that it would be hard. It’s a brand new language, new stores, new neighborhoods to navigate. At home it was easy. I lived in Boise for 34 years. I had my favorite Alberston’s, I knew what had to be purchased at TraderContinue reading “Cereal for Dinner”

One of the big reasons we landed on Panama as our relocation destination is because of schooling. We had entertained a handful of other countries, but one of the linchpins in all our decisions was the cost of international schooling. A lot of the countries we looked at only offered public schooling to natural-born citizens.Continue reading “To School or Not To School”

One question I get asked all the time is “Why are you moving?”, and to be honest there are a ton of reasons. I would first like to tell you about our life in America before I get into why we decided to uproot our family and move to Central America.  Let me start byContinue reading “The Why, Part 1”