Category: Reflections
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A Fresh Start
The weekend brings with it the Spring Equinox. It is that time of the year when the warmth returns in the Northern Hemisphere and the days start to length. The bare trees bud and the grass sprouts. It is the beginning of the thaw from the deep winter. I am excited at the prospect of…
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On Being A Woman And Womanhood
Photo by Lisa Fotios on Pexels.com I sit next to my mother. She is laughing as she tells me that my sister says things very similar to the things I say. I laugh with her, commiserating on the joys of being a mother, wife, daughter and donning all of these womanly roles in our lives.…
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COVID-19 Diaries: A Rough Week
It’s Friday evening at last. I should be feeling relieved, looking forward to a break from the treadmill that this week has been. Yet, I am back in my study after prying apart tweens going at each others’ throats over an eraser. I had to assuage adults whose tempers were flaring because of being cooped…
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Defining Success: Yet
I was logged in to work, early for a Friday morning that is, when Laddu, also logged into her school iPad in the same room, walked up to me. Her face was serious. I removed my ear phones and gave her my full attention preparing myself to send a note to her teacher whatever the…
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Mindfulness
I look at the app on my phone right after I am done walking for the day. It tracks a multitude of things like sleep, exercise and mood. Occasionally there is a challenge of sorts. The latest one is mindfulness. Each day, it asks me if I have been mindful. I answer in the affirmative.…
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A Home On My Back
My weekly astrology classes take up a bulk of my Saturdays. I am actively listening to theory, catching up on podcasts related to the material taught and applying the concepts I learn to my natal chart. The rest of the time though, my mind is processing and viewing my life and the world through a…
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COVID-19 Diaries: Kindnesses
I walk around my home, moving my body as I walk, nudging my heart rate up. The view out the windows around the home is bright and cheery. It is cold outside. It has been a while since I went out of my home at all. Outside of the one time in a day when…
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Sitting With The Pain
My eyes are glued to my phone, the screen that is being shared too tiny for me to follow. The voice in my ears is talking about some test strategy. I am there mentally but physically I am in the morning sun, walking home after waving bye to my youngest as she boards her morning…