During the holidays, M-Chan and I spent a few evenings watching The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom on Netflix together. I have to admit that, at first, the title did not exactly inspire confidence. It is a bit long, a bit dramatic, and it sounds like many other anime titles I probably would not remember if I came across them by chance.

Depuis que nous avons quitté la France en 2007, notre vie s’est construite ailleurs. Il y a d’abord eu le Japon, où Gaby est né. Puis les Pays-Bas, Taïwan où M-Chan a vu le jour, la Nouvelle-Zélande où Jaja est né à son tour, et enfin l’Angleterre, où nous vivons aujourd’hui. Quand je regarde ce parcours, je réalise que cela fait presque vingt ans que nous construisons notre quotidien loin de notre pays d’origine.

Since we left France in 2007, our life has been built elsewhere. First came Japan, where Gaby was born. Then the Netherlands, Taiwan where M-Chan was born, New Zealand where Jaja was born in turn, and finally England, where we live today. Looking at this journey, I realize that it has been almost twenty years since we began building our daily life far from our country of origin.

With a child with special needs, the little things in everyday life are very important. Here, I share our tips for transitions, outings, food, and the role of visual routines like the annual calendar, to make everything smoother, more predictable, and more reassuring for the child.

People sometimes tell us that when you have a child with specific needs, you should put your life on hold. As if everything had to stop, as if our family were supposed to wait for a simpler, lighter, easier time. But I refuse that idea.

The moment has come to tell you goodbye. Not in anger, nor in regret, but with a full, lucid gratitude, and a tenderness that will not fade away. You have been, for a long time, the silent center of my life. The first apartment, invisible but essential, where my three children started their story. Three times, you rendered possible what exceeds words. You carried, protected, sheltered. You were that intimate place where everything begins, where life takes shape even before ha

Travelling with children is already quite an adventure. So naturally, when there are also specific needs, many people wonder how to do it…

For his birthday, Jaja received a rather special gift... an ant colony!

Jaja loves chess. But not just to play it. He actually lives it. With him, a game can start anywhere. Even (especially) in a supermarket, between two aisles and a few perplexed looks.