The last time I saw my father, I was about thirty-five.He was wearing a long-sleeved blue shirt, cancer-skinny, tall. An essay on death and losses in life.
Category Archives: Essays
Value the moments
A micro essay to remind ourselves to value moments and value the present.
Depending on circumstances to be happy?
Essay on two major life lessons I’ve learnt in going through difficult circumstances.
3-part series: 2/3 How To Support A Grieving Or Hurting Person
The most important thing we can do to support a grieving or hurting person is to offer presence and patience. No one should have to go through pain alone.
3-part series 1/3: What not to say to a grieving or hurting person
Here’s a guide of what not to say to a grieving or hurting person
My husband’s cancer—one year down the road
The haematologist said that my husband can opt to “watch and wait” for his lymphoma treatment. An essay on struggles of life.
Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but nobody wants to die
An essay about death, life, and heaven
Empathy: the missing link between pain and hope
In our zealousness to guide people back on track—have we desensitized pain?
3-part series 3/3: Don’t go through (and don’t let someone go through) pain alone.
We may not be able to offer solutions to people’s situation, but we can be a comforting presence in the midst of their pain.
I thought my mum would be healed from cancer
After a draining 14 months of fighting the disease, my mum left me, just a month before Christmas.
