My Journey: From Texas to Sweden and Back to Me

Click on any moment to dive deeper into the story. This timeline is a living document of growth, mistakes, revelations, and the beautiful messiness of building a life between cultures.

1995

Born in Stockholm

My Swedish adventure begins in a tiny apartment in Södermalm, with two young parents and big dreams.

Beginning Sweden
Moving to Texas
2001

The Big Move to Texas

Six years old and suddenly everything changed—new language, new culture, new way of being in the world.

Immigration Culture Shock Texas
2013

College: Finding My Voice

University of Texas, journalism major, and the first time I realized my bicultural perspective was actually a superpower.

Education Writing Identity
2018

PCOS Diagnosis

Finally having a name for what my body had been telling me for years. The beginning of learning to listen.

Health PCOS Self-Advocacy
Meeting my partner
2019

Meeting My Swedish Heart

A chance encounter in Austin that would eventually lead me back across the ocean and into a new chapter.

Love Partnership Destiny
2020

ADHD: The Missing Puzzle Piece

At 35, finally understanding why my brain works the way it does. Devastating and liberating in equal measure.

ADHD Diagnosis Understanding
First pregnancy
2021

Becoming a Mother

The most transformative identity shift of my life. Nothing could have prepared me for this beautiful unraveling and rebuilding.

Motherhood Transformation Growth
Stockholm apartment
2022

Return to Sweden

Coming "home" to a country that felt foreign after 20 years away. Learning that you can't go back, only forward.

Return Stockholm New Beginning
2023

Family of Four

Baby number two arrives, and suddenly I'm juggling toddler tantrums and newborn needs in Swedish while barely keeping my own head above water.

Second Child Chaos Growth
Starting the blog
2024

Finding My Voice Again

Starting this blog as a way to process my experience and maybe help other women navigating similar crossroads.

Writing Sharing Community
2025

Present Moment

Still figuring it all out, still growing, still believing that our stories matter and that sharing them makes us all a little less alone.

Present Continuing Growing