a journal of a wanderer/wonderer
I’ve been a mother for one whole year. A full twelve months. For you, dear reader, that may sound most unremarkable. After all, most people become parents. But for me, a new mum, it’s the highest, and proudest, achievement I could muster. I came into motherhood expecting the difficulty and pain it will bring. I… Continue reading The Pride, Pain, and Privilege of Motherhood
“Will there ever be anyone quite like you?” To this question, every fibre of my being feels like screaming, “Yes, yes there will! And someone much better, more suitable for you too!” Not in the cynical, no-one-is-irreplaceable kind of way, but in the “God-has-a-more-beautiful-plan for you” way.
Travelling changes you. That’s something that goes without saying. What we don’t know, or would not know exactly until we do, is how. How would travelling change us?
This is not a topic I touch upon very often; actually, it’s not a topic I thought I would have to touch upon at all. I want to talk about Consent.
The recent Charlie Hebdo tragedy has been reduced to either an act of terrorism or an attack on the freedom of speech. What some people fail to recognise is that it is only a violation of the freedom of speech when both sides have an equal view of the concept.
“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.” (William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream) One of the qualities I seek most in terms of self-improvement is intelligence. It is thus natural that I deem intelligence as, among a few others, a top priority in the quest… Continue reading Partner in Mind
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