Rejection= what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger (or so we are told…)
At one point or another in one’s life, we all have been rejected and there is no other way to look at them other than: rejections suck. Whether by a boy/girl, by a parent, by a friend, you name...
View ArticleWhen the past haunts your present
“Why do you need two mascaras? They are identical,” I told Lumi, my sister the other day while at the mall. “Cuz,” she said, moving to the next shelf and grabbing two bottles of shampoo. “When ones...
View ArticleCoupons: to use or not to use them?
Back in the day when I lived in Romania, my homeland, I had no idea coupons existed. I had no idea stores had certain periods when they’d discount their products (like before a holiday), given...
View ArticleOpen Letter To My Son–Part 1
Dear Patrick, It’s been a long time coming and now that it is so close, emotions and memories run wild like spiffed toreadors chased by a herd of bulls … tumultuous and raw overwhelming my heart....
View ArticleOpen Letter To My Son–Part 2
Dear Pat, Remember when I took you across Bucharest, on a beautiful September morning, for your first day of school? The bouquets of flowers, the loud kids and their parents, the gray and white...
View ArticleOpen Letter To My Son–Part 3
Dear Pat, This is part three to my open letter and last one. The first letter was an overview of your sixteen years as a student, the second one a ride down memory lane starting with elementary school...
View ArticleYou Before Me
I know, I know, you think I got that wrong and it’s Me Before You, but, I am not wrong. Let me explain: a few days ago Patrick, my son and I were walking the dog and were talking about what should I...
View ArticleDear Loneliness
Dear Loneliness, I can’t remember when you first showed up, but I remember you’ve been part of us for a long, long time. I can’t remember when I first felt your presence but I do remember how you...
View ArticleYou vs. me–An unfair match
Pain. I’ve known you for most of my life. I’ve tasted your bitterness and felt your blows. I’ve knelt under your weight and crawled under your pressure. I know your ways, your power and fury. Nothing...
View ArticleLetter To My Heart
My dear Heart, I never thought I would ever consider writing you a letter, but somehow—and for many obvious reasons—here I am doing just that. The need to write to you is intense and overwhelming, so I...
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