-
Challenging My Body
More than a month ago, I embarked on a journey I had always been too lazy to take. I had all the excuses in the world and I whined about the past failed attempts – that despite how hard I worked, nothing came out of my efforts. I’m talking about my body. And it’s not…
-
Julian and the Best Apple Pie
I wish I had written more. Did I not write about Julian? About that perfect fall day when Lynn (my host in San Diego during my YSEALI exchange) had driven me up the mountain to taste the best apple pie ever? It’s been more than a year and I can’t hope to accurately reconstruct the…
-
The Climb to Thirty
In a few weeks, I’ll be turning thirty. It’s not a big deal – at least I know it shouldn’t be, but I can’t help but fixate on the fact that I will be thirty. I will have lived thirty whole years on this earth! It is surreal. And it does feel like a big…
-
The Stubbornness of Good People
As human beings, we have the right to many things – the right to a home, the right to a nationality, the right to be defended in court…and the list goes on. The United Nations General Assembly made sure of it after World War II and the atrocities committed against millions of Jews in the…
-
A List of Aches and Temporary Ailments
Following a list of daily writing prompts for April to push myself to write more and this piece is for “Ache”. What are the parts of me that hurt? Let me count them for you. Yesterday I woke up with a stabbing pain in my lower back – the result of sit-ups done incorrectly. But…
Trish in Transit
The stories that happen between point A and B.
Trish in Transit 