- Borderline Personality Disorder, Bridging Cultures, Expat Life, Interracial marriage, Islam, Mental Health
Identity – More Than The Sum Of My Parts
You might think identity is something that comes from within, but copying and assumption have a huge influence in how we see ourselves.
Dear Tooth Fairy… Baby Teeth – Do You Keep Them?
I'm not really sure why but I keep my children's baby teeth when they fall out. I can't bring myself to throw them away. What do you do with your little one's teeth?
Story of A Miscarriage (Part 2)
No one tells you what to prepare for when you miscarry, beyond the practicalities of industrial strength sanitary supplies...
Story Of A Miscarriage (Part 1)
The doctor looked at my face, apologized and said I’d lost my baby. How is it possible that you can know and not know something simultaneously?
Bangles, Betrothal & ‘A Good Pakistani Girl’
The narrow gold bands jingled gaily as my mother in law kneaded the atta for the evening’s roti. They glinted in the sunshine when she reached skywards to peg the washing and tinkled when she raised a hand to adjust the duputta covering her hair...
Playing In Paris
Last week S and I hitched a ride with a meeting-bound husband to Paris, Ontario - pop. 11,763. It was somewhere we'd never been. We had no phone, little money and zero need for either...