Walking through open doors

This week I found a better work-play balance. Yet looking back on the week, I still see many moments of anxiety about things that are falling through the cracks or still on a list. I still hear myself questioning the things I said no to, to find some balance. I find myself looking back with …

Rainy day walks

I started out the rainy weekend with a friend on a fresh, brisk, wet walk. We were not going to let a rainy day stop us from getting some fresh air and getting active. It was refreshing. We conversed easily about the happenings of our lives  and maneuvered to avoid stepping into big puddles as …

Barren Beauty and Changing Seasons

I have loved the clear landscape of the winter. With some of the fullness and brightness of the greenery gone, other things stood out beautiful. Stunning skies with pencil sketched stick trees reminding me that our creator is a true artist. Looking out over my city and sensing the wonder of vastness in the unobstructed …

Graceless moments

I assessed my day, weighing it's moments carefully on my way home. I counted the wins first, speaking out thankfulness to the one who gives tangible answers to my prayers. I soon made it over to my cringe-worthy moments. Feeling flustered and showing it, unnecessary complaints, being too quick to speak. I weighed the moments …

Change for this self-magnifying life

Magnify. My life is lived to magnify. My actions, postures, words, attitudes all magnify something. It is my design. A distinctly human design.  The question is: in my day to day moments, what does my life make much of? My mind has circled around this thought all week. This challenge. This call to awareness. Plans …

This imperfect lifestyle of thankfulness

It is Friday when I write the weekly Thursday-Thankful post. It is Sunday before I publish the post. This statement alone is a good reflection of what this week has been. Full to overflowing. Blessing and challenge. Rewarding and exhausting. Draining and filling. Somewhere in the midst of all of it, the important gets done …

Feeling different and missing home

This moment had been on my mind all week and I still could not quite shake the sense of unease it brought. It was a small moment, but one that did not make sense to me. I was in conversation with a group of people in my current city. I sound different from a lot …

Scented Candles and Quiet Moments

I am finally seated on my favorite chair at the end of the day. I am tired but my body keeps tricking me with bursts of pseudo energy manifesting itself in a mix of distracted beginnings of multiple activities. I finally realized that I was walking around in circles so now I am seated. The …

Essential conversations and neglected dinners

My phone was in my hand when the screen lit up indicating an incoming call. I did not let it ring twice and soon an energetic conversation was being transmitted across the line. My good friend Sophie was returning my call and our conversation meandered through the details of our lives in the last few …

Old printers and paper jams

These last few weeks have been intense as I try to balance the holiday hustle with completing a project and studying for a big test both due just after the new year begins.  I had been spending every coherent moment outside of work trying to get make some progress on these fronts. In one such …