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Oh – That’s why people kept calling us brave.

It’s early morning as Larsen and I sit together at our small Airbnb in Rothesay Bay, listening to “Cozy Jazz” on Spotify, Austin still snoozing in bed. The Tui birds can be heard chirping outside, a small reminder that we are half a world away from our family, friends and former lives. We arrived in…
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So long SuFu

The past 6 months have been a blur of anxiety, anticipation and adrenaline. After months of networking online, applying for jobs, and even considering a return to school on a student visa, Austin and I decided to pivot and create a new plan. By July, we’d applied for visitor visas, which will allow us to…
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A bit of news…

A (big) life update from The Krause House Sunday, March 9th, 2025. It’s a warm, spring Sunday as I’m sitting at the kitchen table watching Austin putzing around outside through the window. Larsen is downstairs giggling with two friends, and I’m just starting to smell the banana bread baking in the oven. It’s a seemingly perfect…