life
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Grief
Nothing ever truly prepares you for the loss of a parent or a grandparent, for that matter. It is tough to think about and really talk about grief in a way that is going to help heal one’s soul. Because grief is never entirely absent. It comes in waves like the sea, sometimes crashing and Read more
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“What Is Independence, Mummy?”
“What is independence?” You asked me, your five-year-old eyes twinkling, catching the rays of the sun shining down on us here in England. The irony never fails to startle me, celebrating the motherland’s independence as we sit here on the land of her colonizer. I want to tell you so much. I want to tell Read more
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Fathers, Bongos & Birthdays
Dear Pappa Music has been and still is an integral part of your life and through you, mine too. Today, on your birthday, I want to draw attention to how our relationship has enriched over the years because of music. Appreciating it, playing/singing it or merely existing as it plays in the background. Music always Read more
Notes On The Go 