Brice Royer

Every time I open an email from you, in it I find a message I
believe god meant just for me. It helps, especially now when my home
life is falling apart. My parents are divorcing, My step father is
not on serious drugs, and we found he was also a drug dealer. I
finally was able to open up to my mom and tell her my step father
had molested me at one point in time, We cried for a while, and she
held on to me, and told me it wasn't my fault that that had happened
to me, she hadn't known and if she had she would have put a stop to
it. I tell you this only because I know your messages helped me over
come a lot of this, and come even closer to go, I don't know if you
realize how special your messages are, but you help people on a
deeper level than many of us could even comprehend. Thank you for
your messages, and I look forward to many more of them.

Sincerely,
Jennifer Leigh

Hi! Brice
It was a tough day for me... but I couldn't think of anyone I could share what's going on with me. Then, I was thinking of your blog. I thought you might be the one who would listen to me. What you have gone through and what you wrote in your blog really inspire and encourage me. Thank you for sharing your life and your heart with others...

Glad to hear from you Km, hang in there.. you're not alone - Brice

Hey Brice,

I've never sent you an email before, but I hope you get this. On the Yahoo! front page, there was an article titled: "In speech, Obama says 'Indonesia is part of me'". I thought the article was rather heartwarming, he went there for the first time in over a decade, and said that in Indonesian in front of a crowd. I didn't think there was much wrong with the article, there wasn't anything provocative about it.

Then, I read the comments. Of course there were nice ones, but there were many rude ones. They're saying that Obama is turning his back on his country, that he's a mutt. Here are some comments that help illustrate what people were saying:
1. He's white, he's black, he's christian, he's muslim, he's an American and now Indonesian...Our little president is a chameleon and will be whatever you want him to be.
2.  reaching out to "Muslim world," not even a specific nation, but the whole world in general. This attitude certainly tells you where is heart is. How this man ever got elected is beyond me.
3. Obama says Americans just don't understand him. It's a Muslim thing.
4. "Indonesia is part of me" - Yes, and Kenya is the other part. How did this piece of filth stay on as the President of the United States?
5. "Indonesia is part of me" - Why doesn't he just stay there and not bother coming back, maybe he can run for president there!!
6. "Obama said he learned to appreciate the "humanity of all" people during the time he spent in Indonesia, with its thousands of islands, hundreds of languages and people from many different regions and ethnic groups." - Too bad Obama doesn't appreciate America and stand up for it instead of selling us out and making us a third world country and putting us in our place in the New World Order."
7. It's time to inpeach obama for un-ameican acttivity
All articles get bad comments and trolls, but this was different. All those comments had a bunch of thumbs up, and that was probably the worst part. At first, I found those comments hurtful, but all of a sudden they didn't upset me as much. Of course they're incredibly rude, they're insulting a man just for being a bit different, like we TCKs are. The thing is, I know that if I'd read this article a year ago, before I even knew there was a term for TCKs, I know this would've affected me so much. I can't imagine how those with similar backgrounds who DON'T already know what TCKs are, are feeling anymore. It's like reading what you already know that the most ignorant people around you are thinking.

What I've been trying to say is how incredibly thankful I am to you for having made this site. This is the first time I've seen a TCK be attacked so horribly, and I can't imagine how alone I would've felt a year ago, before I discovered the site. I didn't know people felt so strongly about it, and I'm lucky for that. My thoughts went out to all the other TCKs, and it made me feel closer to all the people with similar backgrounds and who are members at TCKid. The site really has changed me, I feel a lot different and I don't get panic attacks when I think about my background. I used to look at flags and I'd feel connected to a lot of them, but I didn't really think of any one flag as "mine", but now I just think that our flag isn't there yet.

It also reminded me how lucky we are, no matter where we're located, to have such a prominent political figure who's proud of his background, and who's bringing attention to it. It'd be easy for him to just ignore it, there'd certainly be less people criticizing him if he did. It's like he doesn't think it's anything to be ashamed of, and it isn't, but when things are bad it can seem that way.

This is way longer than I expected it to be, but I just wanted to say THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU BRICE for creating this amazing site, I can't put into words how nice it is to have a place to go to talk to people who know how you're feeling. To read stories from people who know how you're feeling. Most people can just speak to most everyone around them for that.

Sincerely,
Emily

Good morning
I finally had a chance to listen to your poem. I had a good cry IN MY OFFICE this morning. Thank you for understanding that we all need to be uplifted once in a while. You are an amazing person and I thank God that you have come into my life. Bless You
Hal

Dear Brice,

You have no idea how perfect timing this message you sent was! I had been having a pretty rough week and was praying yesterday and asking God what on earth I am trying to do with my life because all the outcomes seem so uncertain. Anyway, last night when I got home there was you email in my inbox, and it spoke right to my heart.
Coincidence? I don't think so!

I hope you are doing well! All the best and God bless
:-)
Lauren
http://blog.briceroyer.com/res...

All I can say are more or less what others had said, it gives me great pleasure and happiness knowing I said it. You are blessed, I feel lucky stumbling unto your great site

A year ago I pointed out to Brice that his natural skills and assets, along with his personal experiences and accomplishments were a recipe that for success, and emphasized that /he was already making a profound difference in the lives of many! /With tears filling his eyes, and an audible lump in his throat, he responded, "Call me crazy but none of it matters if people aren't being helped?" I want to be someone who helps others to make change happen in their lives!” In that moment, I knew that Brice was genuine, honest, and someone who passionately cares about people. I highly recommend Brice. Using an easygoing and insightful coaching style that expresses an authentic understanding of the way most people feel on a daily, Brice gets results. – Paulette Bethel, PhD, LMFT, CMC

Hi Brice,

You are a beautiful human being and are a true blessing to anyone lucky enough to know you or be a part of your life. You are a true inspiration.
Bless you for your love and generosity and for building your website to provide a connection and sense of community and belonging to TCK's around
the world. Thanks for taking time to spend with me, and getting to know a little bit about me.
It was so nice to meet you and
talk to you. Thanks again. You're the best.
Tina

Your idea was great, Brice. It is very similar to "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." If people help us to make our nonprofit work better, we should give back to those people, and others, in return for the help. Please visit www.dreamsinplay.org to share other ideas about executing socially beneficial endeavors.

BS"D

Thank you very much for your helpful advice on the thread in Web T.e. Indeed I am following it and I see that we both want to succeed as well as give something back or in your case pay it forward!

I'll say more tomorrow on web or audio as it is late here and I'd rather record when my voice is fresh!

My life plan is on http://www.itzhakschier.com and will soon be on goalxchange.com, a free site where we can all share and help each other achieve our goals.

Hi Brice,
I cried when I read your emails and I thank you for giving me a little peek into your life. Thanks for your note and concern. Because my tears are a sign that I felt your heart beat in the story below. My daughter heard about you, and signed me up, so I guess she really loves me too. Thanks for reaching out to us Missionary Kids.

Joy, Blaine MN.

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Hi Smaranda,
Great to read your story.. you’re definitely not alone, and I’m glad you found us. I can’t take credit for TCKID because it’s a community effort built by people like you who participate and take action to get involved. Thanks for being part of the team and doing your part.

Take the time to help 1 person too! It will change your life. Be well

You`re way ahead of many people in terms of achieving stuff in life. TCKID is like dominoes..it won`t be just the people on there that you`ve helped..imagine how people will help eachother with things they`ve learned from your site. It will propagate in the world forever :)

You recovered in 1 h ? how?

I`m taking time to get to the life i want..and become the person i want to be. And a big part of this change is due to finding out about TCK and identifying with the people..and now i know where i belong..to groups of internationals..open minded people that like to travel and explore the world. Now i just have to find that environment in real life..somehow.

Took me a long time to realise this was what i wanted. The reason for my itch to travel..what i was hoping to get from it.

I read the forum on TCKID whenever I have time and i learn new things every time..about myself...about life. It helps so much..the more i understand the more peace i have with my life..accepting things and kind of selfishly being glad that i`m not the only one going through this.

Thanks Brice. Truly.Thank YOU so much for taking the time & caring.