17 rounds in. Look at us!
The magic of these rounds is that I genuinely never know what’s going to land on the table. One week it’s a dispatch from a beachfront condo in Panama, the next it’s a story about navigating school runs with armed escorts in Nigeria, or a baby registry for moving across oceans. Where else do these worlds pull up a chair in the exact same room?
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Now, let’s get straight into Round #17.
Welcome to Restack Round #17.
This is our monthly corner of the internet where writers building a life across borders bring something they’ve written, read someone else’s piece with real care, and help a good post travel just a bit further than it would have on its own.
Here’s how it works:
Leave 1 link in the comments. Pick a post you’re proud of or one you wish more eyes had found.
Read someone else’s before you leave. Give their work the same attention you hope someone gives yours.
Restack at least 1 post. Found 2 that made you stop and think? Restack both.
Paid subscribers and the first 5 people to drop a link in the comments get featured in the next round, and Pranjal and I will restack your pieces directly from the Home Abroad account too.
A huge thank you to everyone here and Russell Beck who showed up for Restack Round #16. You brought such a thoughtful mix of stories, and so many of you stuck around to read, leave comments, and restack each other’s work.
Here are the 5 featured posts for this round.
I’m: an American based in Nigeria
My Substack: The Real Housewife of Nigeria
Post I want restacked this week: My kids go to and from school on a bus escorted by armed security due to kidnapping. I once dug a fly larva out of my leg as mango flies are common. And there is no Amazon, Starbucks or McDonald's in the entire country.
I’m: an American currently in Beijing, China
My Substack: Home is Where the Suitcases Are
Post I want restacked this week: I wrote an essay recently about putting together a baby registry when your about to move very far away and the experience of preparing for the unknown.
I’m based in: Panama City
My Substack: Roam and Renew
Post I want restacked this week: Moving abroad to Panama has been a fairly smooth transition city to beachlife 🏝️Glad I started in the city but so happy to be living on the beach now.
I’m based in: Mexico City
My Substack: The Free Bird Hotel
Post I want restacked this week: My latest piece is called On Being an Alien and it's about the messy, vulnerable process of cultural immersion.
I’m based in: Dublin, Ireland
My Substack: The Feminist Psychotherapist
Post I want restacked this week: Sharing my self-care newsletter
If one of these caught your eye, pop over and read it. Tell the writer which exact line made you pause or smile, then restack it so someone outside our little circle gets to discover it too.
Creators Abroad is the series inside Home Abroad for people building a writing life across borders — figuring out how to get read, get paid, and keep going from a country that isn’t your birth home. It runs as part of Home Abroad membership: weekly opportunities, the full archive, and these rounds.
Comment prompt (copy/paste):
I’m based in:
My Substack:
Post I want restacked this week:
Drop your link below. And if you've been reading these rounds for months without once commenting — let this be the week you do. Pull up a chair, there's tea.
P.S. Hi — I'm Kaila, a writer, seasoned starter-over-er, and your slightly chaotic host of this little internet house. Home Abroad helps people build lives abroad that actually work — emotionally, practically, and over time. There's a room for you.
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