Comments for ginger beirut

Comment on Lawless land by Hisham Assaad

Hisham Assaad — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:01:31 +0000

Best place to park!

Comment on Time to go by nicolette

nicolette — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:56:30 +0000

Congrats on your happy news!

Sorry to see you leave Beirut, but looking forward to keeping up with all of your adventures!

Comment on Time to go by PeonyP

PeonyP — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:59:24 +0000

Hello Ginger B, same as above it was a pleasure reading your blog silently.

I offer my congratulations for Beirut Baby’s sibling and my sympathy for your brave decision. In the end when you are accountable to your children , to other beings, you learn to be selfless and put your horizon in their perspective.

May God bless you and your family in this next chapter of your life!

Comment on Bring on the stories by P.

P. — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 08:39:30 +0000

I meant they were learning *classical* Arabic

Comment on Bring on the stories by P.

P. — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 08:37:38 +0000

One day my young niece comes home from school to tell her mom she learned some English in class ( one of those french systems Lebanese schools). My sister is confused since they were not supposed to start learning English at such a young age so she asks her what did you learn?

My niece proudly recites ” Sabahou el khairi ya anisa, kayfa halouki? ” :-D

Turns out they were learning colloquial Arabic but the language was so completely foreign to her that she thought it was “English” that weird language she sometimes hears her distant cousins speak :-)

Comment on Time to go by Claudia RATSIM...

Claudia RATSIM... — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 09:33:27 +0000

Waooow! Georgia, l really enjoyed reading about your experience. And it’s true! it is so touching…mostly for people like us who’ve had to live in different countries. It makes you richer, more adaptable, but at the same time it gives you the feeling of beeing a “world citizen” from every where and from nowhere at the same time, with your family as “a sole country”. But no matter what, you’ll have lasting nice memories and your daughter will probably have, even if it’s vague. When l left MADAGASCAR as a child, the lasting memories that l got was the scent of the flowers in orchads and fields in spring time, it was really saturating the air. I’m still amazed at how well l remember the perfume of green leaves on orange trees, the perfume of the flowers of banana trees, or l remember “the atmosphere and coulours of some places more than anything else…Even if l never went back even for vacation, l’m so happy that l’ve seen that at least. But you’re also right: people are more important than places, no matter how nice it can be…and anyway, you have a lot of friends and family dying to see you soon!!

Comment on Time to go by Hala

Hala — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 04:57:40 +0000

I sympathize! I left years ago but unfortunately without my family. The plan was to re-unite in Canada, but I let time pass and I let down the family that was waiting for me to act on my promise. It’s lucky to be able to leave as a family, together. At least then you have each other. The alternative I think is to visit often, to never lose sight of our original plans.

Comment on Lawless land by Sietske

Sietske — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 06:23:03 +0000

If I am correct, this is just before you reach the Cedars and Beshara. I was thinking the same when I stumbled upon this scene: “What? you don’t need your junk anymore? Hell, why don’t you just push it over the cliff?”

Comment on Time to go by D. Kamal

D. Kamal — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:57:58 +0000

Wow! I shall be sad to not read your interesting and touching posts anymore, but I completely understand your position. We have our own little one now, and even thoughts of moving to a new state a short flight away are quickly curbed when we consider distance from family.

Good luck to you!
-Derek

Comment on Time to go by Lindsay

Lindsay — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:58:29 +0000

Wow! I can understand that that was not an easy decision at I’ll. I’m leaving in July (for other reasons) but I’m not quite ready to go either.

Would love it if your blog took the direction of language acquisition. I’m very interested!