This episode covers some sensitive and personal retellings of a story that literally changed the course of someones life. Rona O'Brien has been brave enough to share her story with us, and has done so in an extremely humbling way. The Hague Convention, for anyone who is unaware, is the main international agreement that covers international parental child abduction. It provides a process through which a parent can seek to have their child returned to their home country. After leaving an unsafe home environment and marriage, Rona was at the hand of the courts to return back to Australia after taking her children back to the UK where she is from. It was not what she wanted at the time, but is now grateful for where she is and in her words, she "wouldn't change a thing".

This episode also covers the emotions that come from having elderly family in your home country when you're in another, and the process of grieving when family members pass. This has been discussed in another episode (Ep. #2 with Candice Payne), and seemingly is a common struggle among expats in general.

I want to personally thank Rona for sharing her story, as I know it was not easy to do so. She has become so resilient, strong and tenacious through all of her experiences and it is a joy to be able to share this with you.

If you'd like to read more about The Hague Convention, click here.