Sunday, February 20, 2005

TCKs

Haha, little do the MKs at Gate House (www.gatehouseministries.com) realize that they are being talked about here on my blog... and they can't even stop me if they did HAHAHAHHAHA!
Speaking of whom, the title of this post, as basically all MKs realize stands for Third Culture Kids. I feel that I have a kinship with people that find themselves in this position of coming from one culture yet also growing up in another while in minstry with their parents. These kids shift from home to home, people group to people group, always under scrutiny to see if they'll mess up (normally they don't because they are, of course, perfect, but exceptions are made for the cheaters: Cheri and Katrina : ) P I suppose I cannot say with certainty that this is true, but I do empathize with them, and for me, MKs/TCKs are the people that I feel the most comfortable around. With all of the changes in my own life and struggling to find my niche in the world while my parents are polar opposites and there is no steadiness of culture to raise myself up in; with the travelling that kept me from developing the early relationships that I might have; with the life in minstry as my stepdad was called from church to church; these things I do know that my friends understand. So everyone out there reading this, go find and hug a TCK near you!

3 comments:

cheri said...

ILL CHEAT YOU YOU LITTLE.....SHORT....BOY!!!!!! I dont cheat any worse than you do, standing in the corner with all the freakin' spoons....you get a sad face for today..or worse yet, and ANGRY FACE!

Anonymous said...

you do fit in well with us mks, you know, the cool people! have a great day!

Shoshauna said...

Hi,

I am a TCK myself and am trying to find other TCKs! I just opened a shop at:

www.cafepress.com/tck

If you could spread the word that would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Shoshauna