Living Between Worlds: A Series on Bicultural Love, Parenting, and Belonging

I’ve always felt most alive at the intersections—between cultures, countries, identities, and ideas. Raised in Southeast Asia by Pākehā parents, I've spent my life navigating the spaces between worlds. Now, as a mother raising bicultural tamariki (children) in a mixed-heritage whānau (family), the questions of home, identity, and belonging feel even more layered—and more urgent.

This blog series, Living Between Worlds, is a collection of reflections from over a decade of exploring these themes—personally, professionally, and poetically. It’s part memory lane, part love letter, and part inquiry into what it means to belong when you don’t neatly fit into one place, one culture, or one story.

Over three posts, I’ll revisit writings from my younger self, offer stories from my life today, and reflect on how my understanding has shifted along the way. The titles are:

1. Drawn to Difference – A look at my origin story, what have been some of the things that lead me to falling in love with difference across worlds.

2. Raising Bicultural Tamariki – Thoughts on parenting children who carry multiple heritages, and what it means to raise them with roots and wings.

3. Where is Home? – A reckoning with place, belonging, and how identity evolves when you’re constantly navigating the in-between.

   
   

This series is deeply personal, but I know I'm not alone in these questions. So whether you’re in an intercultural relationship, raising global or bicultural kids, or just pondering where (and with whom) you feel most at home—I hope these reflections offer something to you.

Thanks for reading and walking with me, between worlds.

See Part 1 Here

See Part Two Here