I was a divorcee, a single parent and a working woman. When I decided to get married again, I surprised myself. But what amazed meRead More
Author: Ann Thomas
Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal is not a difficult text; the language is simple and situations real. The amount of research that seems to have goneRead More
Y, my son, has not been someone to deal with pain and hurt the regular way. From the day he got his first injection, otherRead More
Names, dates, and numbers, they never stick in my head. Feb 6, 1995 is an exception to the rule. It was the day that myRead More
When I started writing, I was distraught, livid. And as the year ended, it seemed to bring just more despair. 2014 was filled with manyRead More
They are burying you right now. You are no more. We are not there beside the multitude that must have gathered to say goodbye toRead More
There’s a woman I know, a widow. She was slapped by a male relative. They stopped her from lodging a complaint. She listened; they areRead More
I was good at compartmentalising, at breaking muddled up thoughts and packing them into little tiny square boxes. Boxes that I would shut and putRead More
I stared at myself.Took myself in…it was me.The one without the marks, the printed linesThe me from years beforeI no longer remember.What was smooth, firm,Read More