Relationships

Hello there! How’s your Monday? Well, mine started interestingly. I had mini-insomnia yester-night. Perhaps the problem could be that I slept a little earlier than usual in the hope that I’ll wake up early. It's a real struggle. Then in the…

The book revolves around the life of Don Tillman, an associate professor of Genetics and his quest for a suitable wife. After third wheeling his best friend, Gene, and his wife, Claudia, who are in an open relationship, but whose…

I’m the kind of person who would repeatedly beat myself up over what kind of friend I am to my friends. Do you ever do this to yourself? Normally, I would tend to feel that I am not there yet as a model friend at least based on the…

I've decided to do a post based on a one-word prompt, because writer’s block! Then I remember a certain author trashing the whole ‘writer’s block’ concept. I felt targeted, but appreciated the gesture in equal measure. It always seems like…

When they said, ‘laughter is the best medicine,’ it truly is. Sometimes it’s through that deep belly laugh that your nerves calm down, that you feel like your stress has been watered down, even if for a moment, that you can breathe proper…

I am ecstatic that today we get to celebrate yet another year in our lives. I celebrate my life and the life of all those around me. From my handsome birthday 'soul' mate and husband, my parents, my baby sister, my bigger family…

Ever have those moments where you feel like you’re not doing something right or doing enough? Even when you know that you’re putting a lot of effort into whatever it is. It could be at work, where you do what you’re expected but you don’t…

Well, since I said ‘I do’, this is the one question I’ve had to deal with every single day, and not just from one person, but from almost, no, actually everyone I interact with, and that’s many people. It’s the new ‘how’re you doing?” for…

The other day, I was asked me who my favorite superhero is; I was taken aback for a moment there. I couldn’t remember who my favorite superhero was. Maybe because I have never declared before that I have one (never thought about it), or the…

Many times we explicitly want to make that difference very clear – colleague and friend. I once had a colleague, who during a light-hearted conversation on how the weekend was, said she had held a party for the son’s birthday. And who…