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Have you noticed how easily small children can make friends? If not, you should watch kids in a playground. They smile, share a sweet, join in a game, or ask,...
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As a child, I had a lot to say. But shyness took all my words away when people were around. I would nurse a longing to be liked by everyone...
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Friendships have never come easily to me, especially when I was young. I was a shy kid, too scared to initiate a conversation. So, my strategy has always been to...
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I watched as my niece and another little girl about her age took turns going down the faded yellow slide. The five-year-olds had only just met on the playground on...
Continue ReadingPauline | September 25, 2017
The other day, as we were driving to a friend's house for dinner, our car began to overheat. This is our first car and with our limited knowledge about cars,...
Continue ReadingDeepti Dawson | August 18, 2017
Blink! Blink! my cursor goes as I pause to reconsider my decision to write about this emotional struggle I’ve been dealing with. But that’s how I’ve always been. Mostly on...
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Loneliness – it is such a desolate word. So stark, cold and comfortless. A state of solitariness that hints at a deeper aloneness, where you feel completely bereft and friendless....
Continue ReadingRoshni Mathew | September 23, 2015
Have you heard the song from the Frozen soundtrack, “Let it go”? (I’m sure you have.) It’s sung at a crucial juncture in the movie where Queen Elsa walks away...
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