Thank you, friends, for clicking on this episode of the Pondering Purple podcast, a source of information, insight and inspiration for those who love MKs and those who are MKs.
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This episode is based on an article by the same name: A Loving Letter to Missionary Parents
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Other resources mentioned in this episode are:
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More of my MK-related resources can be found at the following links:
1. My most-read articles listed on my website.
2. My playlist of video "nuggets" on Youtube.
3. My novel about a missionary family, Of Stillness and Storm.
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The title of the podcast is a nod to the complex, beautiful, sometimes confounding, always life-shaping and ideally life-enhancing effects of growing up in the color swirl of cultures and worlds.
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Helpful definitions:
· MK or Missionaries' Kid - the child of missionaries.
· TCK or Third Culture Kid - someone who has spent a majority of his/her formative years in a culture other than his/her passport culture. This includes missionaries' kids, military kids, business kids, diplomats' kids, etc.