“Patrick would flip The Beatles on mornings after a fight, when we’d bake bread, kneading our troubles into something we could eat.… — Megan Rich Love Copy Share Image
“The deeper I went into the valley, the greater the rewards. First, it was a clump of birches, the bottoms wrapped in… — Megan Rich Dreams Copy Share Image
“The afternoon sunk into the tall grass growing on the roadside. The distant dome turned from coral to burnt umber, a final… — Megan Rich Afternoon sun Copy Share Image
“It came as a surprise to us, as I suspect it does to many, that marriage changed us. We’d felt as though… — Megan Rich Communication Copy Share Image
“I once had a drinking contest with an artist on his yacht... It amused him as I took shot after shot, and… — Megan Rich Adventure Copy Share Image
“Artists have a habit of becoming what they practice on the canvas. Who knows when it began? When he discovered that the… — Megan Rich Art Copy Share Image
“We arrived in Ulm just after the honeymoon, the moving there only prolonging it. Having slept that glorious jet-lag sleep right into… — Megan Rich New places Copy Share Image
“And then there was his love affair with my best friend, perhaps the only woman he’d ever seen drink several glasses of… — Megan Rich Best friend Copy Share Image
“Though we could always explain that our life was not as glamorous as it might seem in the telling, we did come… — Megan Rich American life Copy Share Image
“My favorite times were spent in his backyard where he and his roommates had “let nature take its course,” the weeds towering… — Megan Rich Falling in love Copy Share Image
“They then interviewed us, asking about our love of Qingdao, how we met, why we came. Having learned quickly what they wanted… — Megan Rich China Copy Share Image
“Besides all of this, Patrick and I living together for the first time meant it was the beginning of a life together,… — Megan Rich First time Copy Share Image
“In his lifetime, that small fishing village had turned into the seventh largest port in the world, an eight-million-strong city; women had… — Megan Rich China Copy Share Image
“After scouring the local newspaper with Oliver, a worried colleague, Patrick noticed an ad for a one-bedroom in Maehringen, a small village… — Megan Rich Place Copy Share Image
“A funny thing about living abroad is that what might separate us expats back home brought us closer together in China. We'd… — Megan Rich Expatriate Copy Share Image
“The faces of the people were wrinkled with change. Sudden change to which the skin can't possibly conform, faster than the aging… — Megan Rich Aging Copy Share Image
“As we lifted off, China growing ever more distant from the window-seat, the endless ocean opening up before us, I was torn… — Megan Rich Courage to love Copy Share Image
