I wanted to write about this topic for a very long time. I actually saved a draft, only the title so I would not forget, beginning December LAST year. Then I either did not have enough time or did not find the words. Personal posts always take me the longest.

I want to find the right words and emotions. I am sharing something from my family and want to make sure that I get it right… that you understand what I am talking about…

So one day I was talking to my daughter. About where we live, were mummy was born… things like this and then she asked me:

“Where am I from?”

Ha! The moment your magic-mamas-knows-everything bubble bursts!
I just had no real good answer! And I don’t like it.

She knows that she is born in London, UK but she does not clearly remember because we moved away when she was around 5 months old. Then she grew up in Amsterdam, NL and spent the last year here in Malmo, SE.

She knows that I am from Germany and Daddy from France and all those things… BUT she did not spent a remarkable time in her birth country and she actually never lived in any of “our” countries. Her passports say she is German and French, but is she really?

Where is she from?

We talked about it. I said that home is where her family is. The she is from London but even I feel this answer is rather lame.
It is more a document telling her this.

So what are we doing?

She is happy. She loves to travel and she loves being here. And yes, she is 7 so we are the most important people in her life. We will always be but there will be a time where friends will play a bigger role and so on…

So where is she from? And what does it mean that we do not have a clear answer to that question?

Personally I do not feel very German but European but home is Germany.

Is it bad that she does not have {yet} this kind of connection to a country? A place she could go to when necessary?

What do you think?

I believe there are many advantages about living it international but this is nagging on me a little.

If you are in a more or less similar position what would you tell your child?

I would love to hear your thoughts and continue this post in the comments…

Is the world our home? You see there are many question marks in my posts…