Sabrina Howell | November 29, 2025
A few days ago, some of my closest friends came over for dinner to celebrate my birthday. I wasn’t in the country for it, and so two days later we...
Continue ReadingShiphrah Lakka | November 25, 2025
I kiss their foreheads, inhaling their sweet scent. These precious little girls—my daughters—bring me more joy than I thought possible. God has done this for me. He has fulfilled the...
Continue ReadingSusan Narjala | November 14, 2025
When my daughter was little, she would present me with dainty bouquets—composed entirely of weeds. We lived in Portland, Oregon, at the time, and on our few and scattered sunny...
Continue ReadingSafrine N | September 23, 2025
Recently, I was introduced to two terms, FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) and JOMO (Joy of Missing Out). As an avid academic, I realised I had experienced FOMO a lot....
Continue ReadingShobana Vetrivel | April 28, 2025
At the end of last year, I attended a wedding and a funeral on the same day. It was an experience of excruciating sorrow to witness the sudden passing of...
Continue ReadingRitu Tiru Agarwal | May 7, 2024
As a child, 'Daffodils' held a special place within the pages of my school poetry textbook - Panorama: A Selection of Poems. That book introduced me to poetry, and that...
Continue ReadingK | April 30, 2024
One of the stories my family has told about me over the years occurred when I was four or five. We were away on a long weekend trip to the...
Continue ReadingKelley | December 23, 2023
My husband and I have been listening to the Harry Potter audiobooks together (again). One of my favourite scenes in the entire series comes at the beginning of The Half...
Continue ReadingDeepa David | March 21, 2023
Before writing this post, I went through my mental list of all the places I have visited in the world. While there have been many beautiful places that I’ve visited...
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