Unitarian-Universalist Church In Reston

Does the question, «Where are you from?» create a quandary in your reply because of the homesickness you feel for all the countries you lived in as a child? Then you might be a Global Nomad:
«A global nomad is anyone of any nationality who has lived outside their parents’ country of origin (or their „passport country“) before adulthood because of a parent’s occupation.» — Norma McCaig
Norma, a «business-​brat» who had fond memories of her childhood in India and the Philippines, and the founder of Global Nomads International and the term «global nomad,» passed away on November 10, 2008, after a four year battle with bone cancer. Her memorial service was held at her local church last Sunday.
Sitting at her service, with her art on the walls, listening to her friends and family talk about her spiritual life, her artistic life, her job life, I realized how little I knew about this diminutive redhead — because she was always much more fascinated with everyone else — instead of telling her own story.
As one Global Nomad said, «I know I am a Global Nomad because Norma told me I am.» Norma created a global family, a tribe, an identity for «Third Culture Kids,» «military brats,» «diplo brats,» «corporate brats» and «global mutts.»
Norma would definitely tell you that the next president of the U.S. is a Global Nomad. He too would have been welcome. After the service, we met around the feast tables burgeoning with treats from all over the world, watched over by Norma’s portrait, part of this church’s universal welcome.