My journey was long, the tears were nonstop, the pain was unbearable my heart had been too many times there were days I was too sad to get up to eat no one to talk to feeling all alone in...
Family
Don’t let your past define your future
My story starts as a young girl at the age of seven coming from a dysfunctional family that fell apart from the beginning. A mother who was mentally unstable with five children and a father...
Arriba de las nubes grises siempre habrá un cielo azul
Después de disfrutar de una adolescencia privilegiada dentro de los estándares de mi país, incluyendo mudarme a vivir a una ciudad a 4 horas de distancia de mi casa para asistir a una...
Above dark clouds the sky is always blue
After having a privileged adolescence in my native country, including going to a very well known university 4 hours away from my parents’ house, I found my self living in the United...
The South Some Years Ago
“Hush Little Baby” “Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep.” This Norman Rockwellish southern bedtime ritual anticipates the cooing of a...
hollow soul
this is me ,noor , a empty soul , a dummy , a coward , a girl with zero potential . i am empty ,i dont have freinds ,i dont know how to make freinds ,i have no confidence ,i want to live...
With Mother On My Mind
On a clear Georgia day with a slight western breeze, playing in the back yard with his trusted and beloved cocker spaniel, Lucky. A soft landing from a tumble and he’s back up from...
TODDLER DREAMS
I’ve been having dreams about my kids every night for the last few weeks. They’re college students in their twenties, but in my dreams, they’re toddlers again. In last nights dream I...
What has death taught me?
Losing someone is hard, it shatters you. I remember as a child, I once cried for days when I lost my favourite toy. As a teenager, I experienced my first heartbreak when I lost a...
Moving through grief…
I woke from a dream about my Dad this morning. He looked exactly as he did in the weeks before his death eighteen months ago. He looked tired. When I was fully awake, I knew (again) that...