JK Amerson López

Author of EMBASSY KID: A FOREIGN SERVICE FAMILY MEMOIR (2024). WIP, AMSTERDAM STRONG: LOVE, COMPASSION, RESILIENCE.

[JK Amerson López @RealEMBASSYKID]

Packing up Christmas, growing up, the next time I saw our treasures, would be in a new city/country/continent, and the newspaper wrapping would be an archaeological vestige. EMBASSY KID, coming this year. #amwriting #memoir #amreading #writingcommunity #foreignservice #nomad

[JK Amerson López @RealEMBASSYKID]

Día de los Reyes, maybe the only salvation for the reputation of January 6! #amwriting #amreading #WritingCommunity #January6 #January6th #DiaDeLosReyes #DiaDeReyes #sundayvibes

[JK Amerson López @RealEMBASSYKID]

@gothspiderbitch I resemble this episode!

[JK Amerson López @RealEMBASSYKID]

Oh how I wish that Dad (USIA) had lived to experience social media! He would have chimed right in to “DCM attempts to show new Management Counselor how to engage senior-most local employee…”

[JK Amerson López @RealEMBASSYKID]

“Meanwhile, in my bag, tossed at the foot of my bed, Athena’s manuscript sits like a hot sack of coals.” @kuangrf has me conflicted between flipping the pages and lingering to soak in these perfect words. #yellowface #amwriting /#amreading #WritingCommunity

[JK Amerson López @RealEMBASSYKID]

Disappearing into a good book before bedtime still is a delicious. Just started YELLOWFACE @kuangrf and fell asleep in the happy glow of great writing.EMBASSY KID, coming this year. #amwriting #amreading #writingcommunity #memoir #italy #tck #nomad #foreignservice #travel

[JK Amerson López @RealEMBASSYKID]

In #Colombia—where I lived in the mid-1960s—these Old Year “muñecos” are demolished in a blaze of fireworks at midnight on New Year’s Eve. EMBASSY KID, coming this year. #amwriting #memoir #writingcommunity #atc #thirdculturekid #nomad #foreignservice #NewBeginnings2024

[JK Amerson López @RealEMBASSYKID]

@sgoood says: #Barbie “was among the best…And in a dumpster fire of a year, it brought joy back to the multiplex.” And we all wore pink! #insideculture @nytimesarts #BestOf2023

[JK Amerson López @RealEMBASSYKID]

12 grapes, black-eyed peas, running through the streets with a suitcase: ⁦@gonthescene⁩ gives us a marvelous array to try out at midnight! #ameriting #amreading #writingcommunity #writerslift #newyearseve #happynewyear https://t.co/gL3yiPlCuj

[JK Amerson López @RealEMBASSYKID]

⁦@dunkindonuts⁩ party-size coffee you can recycle!

[JK Amerson López @RealEMBASSYKID]

My father’s public relations work for democracy with the US Information Agency bled into our family life in this 1957 mock news copy. EMBASSY KID, 2024. #amwriting #foreignservice #tck #nomads #livingabroad #international #travel #memoir

[JK Amerson López @RealEMBASSYKID]

“…it’s just fun to say. When it comes off your tongue, there’s a little bit of joy that comes with it.” Casper Grathwohl. #amwriting #amreading #wordoftheyear #oxfordenglishdictionary

[Oxford University Press @OxUniPress]

Word of the Year 2023 is...

#RIZZ

(n.) style, charm, or attractiveness; the ability to attract a romantic or sexual partner.

Tag someone who's got plenty of it 👇

#WOTY23 #rizz

[JK Amerson López @RealEMBASSYKID]

“The most popular resolutions:
Improved fitness (48%) Improved finances (38%) Improved mental health (36%) Lose weight (34%) Improved diet (32%).” #amwriting #amreading #journalism #localnewspaper @USATODAY @pbpost

[Jim Abbott @JimAbbottwrites]

New Year's resolutions: How many people make them, break them — and how to keep them https://t.co/j22q3zsuhI via @dbnewsjournal

[JK Amerson López @RealEMBASSYKID]

“They’re not distractions, detractors, or destroyers. They’re part and parcel of a creative life, the inevitable hills and valleys – and sometimes tornadoes and earthquakes – we need to traverse while we write stories that matter.” #amwriting #amreading #WritingCommunity #writers

[Allison K Williams @GuerillaMemoir]

Heartbreak, Loss, and Writing in Gmail: It’s Always Something https://t.co/oblh1AaMjX

[JK Amerson López @RealEMBASSYKID]

“My relationship was steady, my meds were working, and it seemed like my therapist and I had run out of things to talk about. If I was going to fly to Europe and write for a week, this was the time.” #amwriting #amreading #WritingCommunity #writerLift

[Trish McDonald, Get Gutsy & Publish @TrishMc_Writer]

“It made me wonder – is it always something? If it’s not our jobs or our kids or our breakups, will it be our mental health or our dirty house or our sick parents? Will there always be something pulling us away from our creative work, no matter what? “

[JK Amerson López @RealEMBASSYKID]

@SedonaCAuthor Key West.

[JK Amerson López @RealEMBASSYKID]

Would more boys brush if their toothpaste tasted like chicken? Our rescue Lab, Kumba, says YES!

[JK Amerson López @RealEMBASSYKID]

@Dragon_Lord11 My dog’s toothpaste is chicken flavored.

[Kento🇯🇵Dragon Writer Lord @dragonof_DRAGON]

I have found a chocolate flavored toothpaste. 🙈🙈
It's over.🤣🤣🤣

[JK Amerson López @RealEMBASSYKID]

“Be grateful for what you have!”

[Diana Bananas @DianaBananas123]

#Gratitude #freehappiness