My husband and I left our jobs to travel full-time in our 30s. Transitioning back into the workforce has been hard.

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Toccara Best and her husband standing near waterfalls at Plitvice National Park, Croatia
Toccara Best's request for a year of leave was denied; she decided to go traveling with her husband anyway.

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I moved to Germany with plans to stay for 9 months. I'm still here — and married to a German man — 3 years later.

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The writer and her now-husband posing in Germany.
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Anna Dodd

I've been a military spouse for 7 years. It's harder than I ever could've imagined.

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Author Allie Hubers and her partner in college
I've been married to an Air Force officer for years, and I never could've imagined how challenging and unpredictable our life would be.

Allie Hubers

I spent 22 years as a military wife. After our divorce, I finally lived the dream we'd planned together.

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Bryanne Salazar on a log bridge on Cát Bà island in Vietnam.
Bryanne Salazar on a log bridge on Cát Bà island in Vietnam.

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I became friends with a stranger on vacation. Despite living on separate continents, we're still close 5 years later.

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Author Ash Jurberg smiling with man in front of rocks, water

Ash Jurberg

Instead of hosting Thanksgiving, I took my family to an all-inclusive resort in Mexico. It's become our new favorite tradition.

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Two people pose on a beach holding a frame that says
We spent Thanksgiving on a family vacation to an all-inclusive resort.

Taima Ramsey

I left the US to buy a house in the French countryside 5 years ago. Despite the unexpected problems, I'm glad I did it.

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Author Jenny Becker smiling in her kitchen
I bought a 17th-century farmhouse in France after becoming a divorced empty-nester — it was falling apart and so was I.

Jenny Becker

I go on girls' trips with the women in my family, where our ages range from 30 to 70

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A group of women posing at a table in a restaurant.
I like to go on trips with all the women in my family.

Olivia Brochu

I've lived abroad for 10 years. I no longer belong anywhere.

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Andre Neveling at the bottom of the stairs in Hong Kong
Andre Neveling has lived abroad for the past 10 years and no longer lives anywhere.

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I went to an adult sleepaway camp in my 40s. Surrounded by women in their 60s and 70s, I found role models for aging.

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The writer in the woods at summer camp.
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Julie Chang Murphy

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