On Friendship Breakups

Through out most of last week, I kept thinking about friends...and how we go our separate ways even though that's not how we ever saw things playing out. Sort of allowing people to grow and accepting that sometimes that growth will not include you. While I was thinking of my own role in friendship breakups, …

The World Outside Your Window

Because September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month... ...this is a reminder to be kind! You have no idea what some people are walking through but you can be the reason they hope anew. So if you can, this week, reach out to a friend you haven't heard from in a while. Let them know you …

On drowning in self-doubt (3 easy steps)

Incoming repost. 😅 I wrote this one in the thick of uncertainty and my own insecurities. Somehow, I find myself here again. Where is all this headed? Does this matter? Was there a better path I should have taken? Does it get better? Especially that last question! There's nothing new here but I do hope …

Navigating online relationships

At this point, online anything has mostly become common place. We live in a time where most love stories (because I watch plenty of those - if you read the previous post) have an element of social media. Whether they met on Instagram or Facebook, even Tiktok. Let's not get even get into the online …

the unspoken art of moving on

She had never considered herself the kind who would fight over a boy. Why would she? There were plenty of boys out there. The trick was in picking the right one. Then getting them to stay. But the lament here is that she had never thought she would be one of those girls. Yet here …

Love is a revolution – Book review

This is my first authentic book review, I think. Most of the time I just get a central theme that stood out for me and go along with that. Highlighting the book and talking about everything else. 'Love is a Revolution' by Renée Watson was my favourite read in the month of Feb. I thought …

They don’t know about…

Us, if you are thinking of the One Direction song which I have loved. Or It. Whatever 'it' is to you. Your problem, your friendship/relationship, your studies, your successes, your failures...your 'it'. Does that make any less significant? When you can't (or won't) post about it on your social media and call up everyone in …

The Cost of Love [Repost]

Happy Valentine's!!! And I hope you are having/have had a lovely day. I have been reading a whole lot of wonderful writing on the subject of love and relationships today. I figured, it's all been said, Afterthought, what more are you going to add to the mix! So I'm sharing one of them. This is …

Talk %#*@? to me!

Disclaimer; Despite the title, the bulk of this writing will not contain any expletives. I have been thinking of conversations. Having them, starting them, sustaining them, ending them. And not just doing them, but doing them right. Conversations that are not waited on by awkward silences and where gossip is not the main course. Where …

Putting in the time

I read a comment somewhere that said sometimes the end of a friendship hurts more than the end of a romance. I don't know much about the latter but I can attest to the former. For that matter I just love a good friendship story, with all the drama and the ups and downs but …