Tag: Life
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This Too Shall Pass… Even the Good!

Not long ago, I wrote a piece called “The Vertigo of Peace.” Not much later, I am feeling that feeling, intensified and magnified. This time, it’s not a random weekend evening, a cup of hot chocolate in my hand, wondering, “Is this what peace feels like?” This time, it’s the middle of a working day.…
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If Our Stories Ever Meet

Hey soulmate, Maybe you are somewhere out there tonight, sitting quietly, wondering the same things I sometimes wonder. Maybe you are asking yourself why we haven’t met yet.Maybe you are thinking that by now you should have been married, settled, living a life that looked a little more certain. Maybe you are even wondering if…
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Authoring the ‘Spiral’

A new city in a new country. A red dress, in a pink restaurant. A well-planned vacation, along with captions for Instagram. A beautiful Valentine’s Day with my own self. Poetic. Self-enabling. Dreamy. That’s how I planned my Valentine’s. But life… yet again… reminded me that it always comes with surprises. It proved, once more,…
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The Vertigo of Peace

The Hardest Part of Healing No One Talks About: Surviving the Good Days Have you ever spent years braced for a storm, only to find yourself trembling when the sun finally comes out? Most of us view healing as a climb out of a dark pit. We talk about the sweat, the dirt, and the…

