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Small World, Big Connections

Small World, Big Connections

“After Peace Boat, I felt drawn back to Australia—the first foreign country that I’d lived and worked in after college—to pursue a master’s degree in International Communication. Once again, I learned not to underestimate the power of connections and what I like to call the ‘small world effect’—the amazing way life seems to have for bringing people together again in the most unexpected ways and places—even when doing so seems to defy the odds…

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Continents of Connections

Continents of Connections

In 1992, while in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China during my Semester at Sea study abroad program, a doctor from Madrid, Iowa came up to me after seeing my Iowa State sweatshirt. I was so excited to meet a fellow Iowan on the other side of the world! After the doctor got home, he and his wife sent my parents a lovely letter saying how they’d met me China. A few years later, I’d moved to Sydney, Australia and was watching a performance in the Sydney Opera House on Christmas Eve. I was feeling a bit homesick being so far from home during the holidays. But when I turned around...

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An Angel in Japan

Back in the 90’s, after I had moved to Japan (from the US) I took a train to a job interview several hours away from Osaka. After my interview, I went back to the train station and was surprised to

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Running into my Australian friend in Austria!

One day, I had the surprise of my life when, having just finished the ‘Sound of Music’ tour in Salzburg, Austria, I was getting off the tour bus and coincidentally ran into my dear friend, Nikki, from Australia! We both

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9/11 – The Ripple Effect Felt Worldwide

During the fateful day of 9/11, I was an American studying abroad in Sydney, Australia.  It was so hard to be so far from home and worrying about my dear friends living and working near the World Trade Center and

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Continents of Connections

In 1992, while in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China during my Semester at Sea study abroad program, a doctor from Madrid, Iowa came up to me after seeing my Iowa State sweatshirt.  I was so excited to meet a fellow

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Meeting My Husband’s Co-Worker on a Train in Europe

While in Europe one summer, I decided at the last minute to take a train from Zurich, Switzerland to Fussen, Germany to do some sightseeing before heading to Frankfurt for some business meetings.   A friend had recommended that I visit

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Running into My Old Boss… On the Other Side of the World

I moved to London, early in my career, without the promise of a job, yet my drive and determination helped me make the plunge. I’d only been there for a short time when I was walking down the street near

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