Beneath a Borrowed Sky: Sam Frearson Tubito on the True Meaning of Home | Ep 94

Sam Frearson Tubito returns to House of Peregrine for a deeply reflective conversation on home, identity, motherhood, and the beautiful complexity of a life lived across borders. In Episode 52, Mickelle and Sam explored what it means to create stability inside movement. This time, Sam returns with her memoir, Beneath a Borrowed Sky: A Woman’s Search for the True Meaning of Home, a tender and honest account of belonging, family, and the places we temporarily—but fully—call home.

Together, Mickelle and Sam talk about raising four fourth-generation global nomads, the emotional reality of having adult children scattered across the world, and the quiet cost of giving your children a global life. Sam also reflects on being the “supporting spouse,” reinventing herself in each new country, and the honest conversations required to keep a marriage steady through change.

In this episode:

• Why “home” can be something we carry, not somewhere we arrive

• The meaning behind Beneath a Borrowed Sky

• Raising third-culture kids and watching them build lives globally

• The unseen work of the supporting spouse abroad

• Why doing your homework matters before any major life transition

• Belonging, people-pleasing, identity, and learning to be yourself in the in-between

Sam’s work is a wisdom offering for anyone living between cultures, raising a family abroad, or asking what home really means. For more information about Sam, this episode, and all the links mentioned, visit https://www.houseofperegrine.com/podcast/ep-094.

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