pebblemeddle

Forum role	Member since	Last activity	Topics created	Replies created
Member	Sep 7, 2011 (14 years)	-	1	1

Forum role: Member
Member since: Sep 7, 2011 (14 years)
Last activity: -
Topics created: 1
Replies created: 1

Bio

I am a Serbian woman who has lived in the U.S. for about a third of her life. But. I still mean Serbia when I say "my country." I still call myself Serbian. I probably always will. I love my native Slavic language. But. I think, write and live my life in English. And have been doing this for over ten years now. I am married to a charming open-minded American who has great interest in the complicated Serbian language and culture, and we are trying to raise our two-year-old son bilingually. Bi-culturally. Allow him to develop and preserve everything he is. All that while tending to the universal parenting challenges (right now: resounding Nos, emotional spills on the floor, and hitting) and relishing the process (think genuine belly laughter and ingenious ideas of a two-year-old). In the household that currently includes a stay-at-home Serbian mama, a breadwinning American dad who works nine to five and has a long commute, and a two-year-old boy who hasn't spent a day in daycare. Nazdravlje, Serbs would say. Cheers! P.S. In case you care, here are a few more things about me... Politically, I am a liberal. I am spiritual rather than religious. I disagree with most of American foreign policy (the policies related to Serbia, Kosovo, and Israel particularly). I studied English language and literature at (at the time ridiculous) institution of the University of Belgrade where we did nothing but memorized ridiculous amounts of data and called that studies of literature, and I went to school here (Beaver College, now known as Arcadia University, and finally graduated from college grateful for the fact that I was given a second shot at education that actually made sense to me. As a foreigner, I dealt with the fascinating institution of the INS profusely and worked as the associate editor of two trade magazines, Media & Methods and What's New, for four years (until both the job and the company were gone). I have been writing something for as long as I remember, and I've been writing short fiction in the past eight years. So far I have <a href="http://www.ourstories.us/Fall2008_Issue/Tatjana_Beforethemoon.html" rel="nofollow"> published a single short story</A>, but I continue to write and submit and deal with rejection notes. I was an au-pair for a year. I lived in Libya for two years. I am a thyroid cancer survivor. I care about eating healthy while not fully destroying this planet (continuously trying to decipher the shifting meaning of the words organic and natural). I crave a sense of belonging to something larger than my backyard.

pebblemeddle

pebblemeddle

Mobile Apps

Social Media