Merry Christmas dear self, hopefully lots of joy will always find their way into my heart, even at the hardest day. I have been sitting a lot with myself lately.. often admiring my audacity to do whatever it is needed in such and such situations. Oh and I am also getting better at assessing my … Continue reading Merry Christmas
Relationship
The bread
This is a new day, and I am going to prioritize my health; mentally and physically. I found out that it's still so hard for me to take bad commentaries lightly, even when I know for sure that the person who made the comments truly cares about me and has no bad intentions whatsoever. I … Continue reading The bread
Upbringing
There are times when I get hit by a realization of the privilege of my upbringing. I was raised in a neat employee housing complex. It's a well designed resident area, offices, houses, hospital, pool, huge soccer field, shops, even a golf course! It's integrated nicely within the complex. While I was there, a street … Continue reading Upbringing
Friend
I no longer wish to befriend many people. People change, I change. And it rarely happens that we have similar growth with our friends. Everything seems to come with an expiration date, friends too have their expiration date. I no longer sad or feel betrayed when a friendship has reached its exp date. I want … Continue reading Friend
Evening
What are you doing this evening? I talked with my mom about my day, about her day, about her talks with relatives and some of her friends lately. She is 75ish now, so repeated stories are a regular thing. When I think about that, it's really a nice evening, I don't always have time or … Continue reading Evening
Therapeutic
What do you enjoy most about writing? Writing is a way for me to meet myself, it's also a way for me to make peace with what's lost, with unresolved disappointments, with un-conveyed apologies. I also discovered the multi layered of myself and celebrated the growth, the achievements and documented the happy moments through my … Continue reading Therapeutic
Not fairy tales
The fairy tales always end with: "and they live happily ever after", and after that 6 words, the reader has no way to access further information about how the marriage between Cinderella and prince charming actually is. Who's cooking for breakfast? Do they take turns in doing the laundry? How do they cope with anger … Continue reading Not fairy tales
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