I was reading my journal the other day, flipping through pages filled with worries, reflections, and small joys. It was strange to see the timeline of my own life, the moments I barely noticed at the time, now standing out like little beacons. Aug 5, 2022 We got our school vacation. I enrolled in an […]
When I was a little kid, my mom bought me a noticeably large book. It was a translation of the famous Soviet novel called “How Steel Was Tempered” by Nikolai Ostrovsky. Despite the initial boredom caused by the somewhat casual writing style used by the translator, I decided to read it to the end. When […]
Home takes different shapes for different people. It can be a person, a memory or a period of time that you return to physically or emotionally for its comfort or familiarity. For me, “home” simply means clinging on to the comfort of a space. This space might not always be tangible. Therefore, it has always […]
Have you ever burned your toast, missed an exit, missed your flight, or gotten stuck in traffic and just thought, “Why me?” I know I have, more times than I can count. At the moment, it feels frustrating, unfair, and even annoying. However, over time, I’ve begun to view these small setbacks differently. They’re not […]
Several weeks ago, I texted Amrah akki and asked if I could write an article for the blog. She replied, “Sure, would you mind sending it this week?” I refused. I said that I was too busy that week. She texted me the week after. I said I couldn’t and that I have too much […]
If you had asked me as a kid what my favourite colour was, I don’t think I would’ve had an answer. It kept changing. For a while, I was convinced it was pink, mainly because of my obsession with Barbie back then. And, you know, because by all accounts pink was supposed to be a […]
“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a […]
“The farther away you run from home, The more the urge to come home grows. The longer the colder the time you spend away from home, The dearer the warmer you feel at home.” When I was reading the other day, these two lines crept into my mind and have been playing on a never-ending […]
My time on earth is limited and so I believe I must try everything at least once. I am the second of three siblings; my sister over-accomplishes academically while my younger brother memorizes and recites Greek mythology and world history. Every conversation with him begins with, “fun fact, did you know 15,000 years ago this […]
It was after months of tightly packed days that I woke up to a slow Saturday morning. I was sipping my tea looking outside the kitchen door. Ohhh…! The scenery in the backyard made me realize that a lot of small changes had been taking place there lately. It felt like I was seeing parts […]