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Stepping Into the Unknown: A New City, New Challenges, and a Hint of Excitement Moving to a new city is like opening a...
Early, Quiet, Invisible: How Childhood Traumas Built My Daily Habits
I have spent most of my life navigating the world as a big girl, and when you grow up in a body...
Why We Choose the “Difficult” Ones [Dogs]… #adoptdontshop
Whenever people find out that our dogs, Chewy and Haseena, are reactive, we usually get the look....
Early, Quiet, Invisible: How Childhood Traumas Built My Daily Habits
I have spent most of my life navigating the world as a big girl, and when you grow up in a body that society constantly tells you is "too much," you instinctively learn to make the rest of yourself as small and frictionless as possible. For years, I genuinely believed...
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Why We Choose the “Difficult” Ones [Dogs]… #adoptdontshop
Whenever people find out that our dogs, Chewy and Haseena, are reactive, we usually get the look. It’s a mix of pity, confusion, and a silent question: “Why would you choose to make your lives so hard?” For a long time, we tried to explain it through the logistics of...
What writing every week has quietly changed in me
I have written quite a few posts on Writing in the past, and this is one more along the similar lines... I moved cities. Started over in Bangalore. Built a new rhythm around unfamiliar roads, filter coffee, bookstores, book clubs, pickleball courts, and the hope that...
