There are times when the words just flow freely. And it’s at these times where I think I write my most memorable pieces. There’s no trying too hard, no pretense, and no desire to come up with something magical or mind blowing. I’d like to think of myself as a writer. That’s what positive thinkers…
Category: memoir
Regrets, What’s Yours?
Do you know what is the number one thing people have at the end of their lives? Regrets…. There’s always that feeling of, “if I could,” or “I wish I’ve said this or done that..” What if we could rewind our life and go back to a time when you wanted to do better or…
Whose Story?
I don’t think I can call it busyness. Sure I have a whole lot of things to do. There’s work five days a week and appointments in between, then there’s chores when I get home and more chores and errands to do on the weekends. Things that the whole population does everyday of the week….
Loss for Words
Writing to me is my therapy. This is where I get to released my feelings and emotions; a way for me to express my thoughts. “I don’t care if you don’t want to tell me things. But I do care that what we do tell each other is the truth.” Stephanie Butland Many times, these…
One Time, One Meeting
Ichi-go Ichi-e I have a very strong fascination with Japanese phrases with deeper meaning. Somehow they have a word or a phrase for everything and I love it. In this age and time, it seems to get harder and harder to be in the present, in the now. There is always something else that we…
{Be}ing An Introvert in an Extroverted World
“Nothing has transformed my life more than realizing that it’s a waste of time to evaluate my worthiness by weighing the reaction of the people in the stands.” Brene Brown Yesterday afternoon, my family and I went to an invite only grand opening of a newly built Heart and Vascular Center in our area. My…
Loss Changes You
If there is one topic that I think we try to avoid, it is death. When Daddy passed away in 2021, it taught me many things about love, living, grief, forgiveness, healing, letting go, slowing down and many other things that we would normally take for granted. Things that we set aside for later days….
God’s Given Days
A few days ago, yours truly turned another year older and wiser…I would say. There is something about birthdays that makes me extra grateful than what I already am. It’s in knowing that I have another year to add to my memoirs. Days and weeks and months of waking up to a new day, of…
as We forgive
It’s 1:30 a.m. I can’t count how many times or how long has it been since I would wake up around midnight or a little later and toss and turn trying my best to fall back to sleep. Every time when this happens, I would – most of the times – just lay still and…
Something in the Rain
It’s a rainy (gloomy in a way) Friday. More often than not, rainy days always make me feel gloomy. It’s weather for staying home. And I am at work, so… But today, I find the rain to be a relief. I find it calming and beautiful. And the sound of it is like music to…
Charina.Writes 