I Bought a Chair

I Bought a Chair

Sixteen years ago, I heard some of the worst news I could ever hear. The doctor told me I had “incurable cancer,” the kind that takes your life in a matter of weeks or months, not years. So what did I do? I went shopping. Each one of us has our own...
Freedom

Freedom

I keep hearing online about people who choose a word for the year. I’ve never been good at it, either trying too hard to get the perfect word that I run out of determination or picking one but forgetting it before the month ends! This year, however, a word just kind...
Just a Little Cold

Just a Little Cold

Remember when a cold was just a cold? You know, the sore throat, runny nose, the hacking cough, the slight fever kind of cold? That was before 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic, which sent everyone across the world into a tizzy. All of a sudden, a cold was not just a...
Panic!

Panic!

Five weeks until Christmas! Let the panic set in! I used not to be bothered when Thanksgiving was over, and Christmas was around the corner. I had already thought of gifts and had a plan. And even if I was cutting it close, I knew I had the energy to make it happen if...
Grateful

Grateful

In the US, we celebrate Thanksgiving Day. As with most things in current politics, it’s become a hot topic, like we’re fighting between settlers and Indians all over again. But I think for most people, it’s a time to take a step back, think about what we are grateful...