Living Bliss en Suisse

How did we get here? Way back in the early-ish 2000s a Kentucky girl stumbled into a French bakery and restaurant in Tucson, Arizona. The love story of Rebecca and Grégoire started in an instant and has endured all of these years. Our first meeting is a story for another day, but the short version is that we met because of a business transaction and our love grew fervently like a flash. In short order we were living together and learning how to build a true partnership. The success of our relationship was and is built upon a pendulum partnership and understanding that marriage is never 50-50 but a swing between 80-20, 70-30, 40-60 and any other combination to get to 100%.

Eventually the big financial market crash of 2007 encouraged us to keep grinding whilst looking for greener pastures afar. We decided that although the USA was bubbling with enthusiasm with the election of Obama, it was time for us to make a change. We decided to get married, sell all of our (my) stuff and move to Grég's home in Switzerland so that we could build our family.

Moving to Switzerland was a huge endeavour and for this ADHD mind was a particularly difficult undertaking. Things were sold, things were packed, businesses were shut down or transferred and spreadsheets were made. In one of my most momentous wins, we were able to get ourselves to Switzerland to start our new lives! Our running joke at that time was that we wanted to go and bask in the life of bliss en suisse with goats and babies. Lo and behold I was pregnant within six weeks of our arrival much to our shock and utter fear!

Fast forward to 2023, we are well installed in Switzerland living a bilingual life with two amazing littles, both of whom are neurodivergent. We own a bustling catering company called, Pâtachou Bakery & Kitchen

What we want to share with our followers:

Grég and I decided it's time that we share some of our most precious secrets to living your best life in Switzerland or anywhere. As trained chefs we are happy to share some easy recipes that are delicious, nutritious and great for families who might have some sensory challenged kiddos. We will also share some beautiful scenery from our postcard like country and some general life hacks and skills.

Our lives are far from perfect so there is plenty of room here to highlight our challenges and our commitment to constant self improvement. We definitely don't always get it right and life has sent us many a curveball so you can expect to see us acting "real" both here and on our various social channels. If you are offended by swearing, we are probably not your cup of tea - but if you are faithful to living as your authentic self and allowing others to live authentically, you're probably going to like following us on our journey. Our mantra is to live blissfully and fly your freak flag with pride. Our house rule is "don't be a dick" so if these ideologies resonate with you we should definitely be friends <3.

Our marriage is rock-solid and we want to share some practical tips to how to create a beautiful partnership with your lover. It takes work and wisdom from the generations before. We are well aware that we are privileged to have grown up in families that were intact - and although our folks didn't always get it right (literally no parent does), we were blessed with solid homes that gave us a framework on which to build our own marriage. We are thrilled to be able pass on some of this wisdom to others who didn't have the same model and to encourage the next generations to create solid partnerships.

Finally, we are parents who embrace our children's neuro atypical-ness. Our eldest son, Xan, is autistic and profoundly dyslexic. He is astoundingly imaginative and we try to give him lots of opportunities to embrace his creativity. Our youngest is Fox, who has ADHD just like his mama. He is super bright and has lighting legs and if you try to get him to stop moving it is the complete opposite of bliss. We are far from the best parents in the world, but I am happy to report that our kids are happy and healthy and dare I say, often the best behaved children in the room. Our parenting style is to create the most independent and self-sufficient humans that are ready to conquer the challenges that life sends their way. We want to help create great humans, great partners and wonderful citizens of the world.

We look forward to sharing our lives with you and we hope that we can help you live blissfully wherever you are!