Are You Becoming Your Parents?
I catch myself doing it every night. I cannot walk upstairs to bed until I’ve done it. I walk around our lounge, front room, dining room, and kitchen, and I tidy up, straighten up and generally sort out everything in
Do You Remember Who Was Your First True Friend?
Friendships are those magical relationships we choose to have simply because we enjoy someone’s company. In a way, I envy my children’s friendships. My daughter had just turned seven years old when we moved to the USA, and my son
How Do You Define Yourself?
I study my hands like a mother studying her baby’s breathing after their first full night of sleep. I look at the endless freckles that cover the backs of my hands and imagine the burning African sun drilling its heat
Why Does Time Fly and How Do We Slow It Down?
Maybe it is just me, but I was shocked to find out September started this Tuesday! I had been checking my town’s recycling reschedule and thought I’d flipped two pages together. September—how on earth could it possibly be the ninth
Don’t Let Uncertainty Leave You Paralyzed.
Six months into this pandemic and many things now feel ordinary. Before leaving the house, we do the keys-cell-sunglasses and mask check. We automatically body-swerve around others to maintain that 6-foot gap, and we are no longer startled when we glimpse our au-naturel nails
Kindness Is Love Made Visible.
I can’t recall her name, but I’ll always remember the teacher who started our first day of the new school year by banning two words. With a bright white piece of chalk, she wrote the two words on the board.
Is 2020 the Year to Kick the Procrastination Habit?
This week a friend posted a question in her social media feed that started me thinking. She asked: do you wait until the start of a week or the start of a month to begin a new habit? My response
Let It Go: A Lesson Blown in on a Hurricane.
Just when you think you’ve got the hang of this pandemic, your little world turns around and gives you a kick in the pants. As I write this week’s blog, I am lulled by the soothing and melodious sounds of a