Brittany McAnally and her family moved from California to Slovenia for her husband's job.Courtesy of Brittany McAnallyBrittany McAnally and her family left California for Slovenia because of her husband's military job.She said kids have more freedom in Slovenia than in the US, and preschool was more nurturing.McAnally said she found returning to the US was a "reverse culture shock."This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Britanny McAnally, a freelancer based in Germany, about her experience living in Slovenia and the US.