The time comes for every expat to pack their bags and move on. And after four and half incredible years here in Belgium, our time has now come. We are sad to say goodbye to so many wonderful friends here in Brussels, but are happy to say hello to our family and old friends back home in Atlanta, Georgia! Kyle has accepted a job at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution as their conservative columnist. He will be writing three columns a week as well as having some speaking engagements and keeping a daily blog on their Web site.
God’s hand was in all of this as the process has progressed over the last two months. The wheels got turning only two days before Charlie was born and the selection process just concluded this past week. For a total of two months Kyle has completed an extensive application, written articles, done a video interview and flown back to Atlanta for a final interview, all while still doing his normal WSJ work. And while all of this was happening we had my parents, then Kyle’s parents, and then my sister staying with us – and we hadn’t told any of them about the process just in case things didn’t work out. After getting through all of this Kyle and I are thinking we could be spies for how much lying and covertness we have done! Needless to say, these have been some of the most stressful and sleepless days and nights of our lives.
We haven’t set an exact move date yet, but will most likely be heading back to Atlanta around May 1. The AJC is paying for the move but we are in charge of coordinating it so I welcome any advice or tips from anyone who has done something like this before. I’ll try to keep updating the blog as we move forward but it might be sporadic at times. In the meantime, go check out www.ajc.com, look under Opinion and click on “Who’s new conservative columnist?” to see a little bit more about the application process and what Kyle will be doing back in Atlanta.
Lots of love,
Emily, Kyle and Charlie
PS—For those of you in Brussels, you can go to http://picasaweb.google.com/brusselssale2009
for pictures and details of what we are selling.
3 comments:
Emily -- that is so exciting. Once you get back and settled, you should bring Charlie by and see the chamber gals. Kari
Congratulations to Kyle on his new position, but I'm sad to hear you're leaving Brussels. I'm eager though to hear what it's like to go back to ATL. I think it will be hard for me to get back into driving everywhere whenever we return. From our house in Roswell, you can't even get to the grocery store by walking - very different from here.
Congratulations Kyle! Very exciting...
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