I feel like I have found my match made in heaven. When I look at her smiling face I just feel like “this person makes sense to me” and everything seems to just click. The more I get to know her the more beautiful she gets. But my mother thinks I am a...
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She saw right through me
She saw right through me. And embraced me anyway. Gosh, I love that girl.
My fearful pleasure
My fearful pleasure. Abundance I'm scared to lose. Anxious pain that heals.
To visit UAE?
I feel like God answered my prayers and delivered the perfect girl into my life, but there are complicating factors that perhaps require clear thinking (not unquestioning faith). It feels like every message indicates empathy, every emoji indicates devotion and every...
Message from an angel
Ah my childhood street, it still feels like home even in the caffeinated early morning darkness, many years later. I've been talking to a young woman, and my achy heart feels like it's gushing with emotion, and my extremities are in a cold sweat. In the past this...
God shows he loves me
God shows he loves me. Miracles I don't deserve. My heart overflows.
What I have learned from my mother
All these 35 years, my mother has been my rock. She has put a roof over my head, put food in my belly and bailed me out when I have gotten in trouble. It has felt like she made me the priority of her life all these years, and this sacrifice is something I...
Dearest tribe of mine
Dearest tribe of mine. It’s been such a hard decade. How my heart's missed you.
No man is an island
I don't often break routine and go to a new place, so it felt like a holiday. The air was cool, but the sunlight was warm. This time last year, I would have been triggered by Valentina's attitude. Maybe I do feel vaguely disrespected. The best advice I ever got about...
Is love a universal principle that is always appropriate?
I crunched into one of the big, green grapes that Gran gave me. It tasted like the perfect combination of superior genetics, good agriculture and optimal ripeness. Gran had had a rough year - her brother, all her old friends and even her pet cat had died. "We went to...
Taking the scenic route
The scene of the state forest was gorgeous, rushing by. I could feel the crisp wind brushing against my skin and running through my hair. It was my week off from university because I had just finished the first term of my MBA. Escaping to the country is my way of...