Category: LIFE
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Restore Songs of Palestine
losing someone you know losing family members you wanted to know but never had a chance to What life wisdom would you have wanted to share? we’re moved by a hunger to learn more about the untold loved ones know our survival depends on Things passed down I dream…
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He who Considered Himself a Failure and not a Playwright: On Seeing my Words on Stage
On August 26th, 2023, I attended a showcase hosted by El Teatro Campesino called Palabra Vol. Take Action. They had accepted a one-act play I wrote and scheduled to perform it that weekend. I attended the show twice, once with my friends, and the other with my family the next…
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Unsent Love Letters
This morning, I wrote you another letter. (All the things that should’ve been said) Though I told myself I wouldn’t, racing thoughts fill my head. Perhaps, I should just go back to bed. (All the things that should’ve been said) And forever you are my addressee, for who else…
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More than a fairytale
My nine-year-old nephew recently performed in the Cape Town Opera’s production of Cinderella/Cendrillon at the Artscape Theatre Centre in Cape Town in the July school holidays. I am very proud of this young boy who has wanted to be on the stage since he was about two years old and…
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Coming to God: Reflections on Faith
A little over a year ago, I was at a point in my life when my faith was hitting an all-time low. I had no wish to pray. I felt unworthy of asking God for anything, and I didn’t think I deserved to get what I asked for. I didn’t…
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Cancer Never Forgets Your Address
The movies got it wrong. That was all I could think about on my three-hour flight back home to Philadelphia. My parents and I had made an emergency trip to Dallas after a wallet size mass was found in my brother’s lungs. It was two weeks before my sophomore year…
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What I Know Now
One of the benefits of having a birthday in December is that I can tie every year-end learning to every new age’s beginnings. As the classic post-grad, I have filled my free time reading books and watching indie films for the lost twenty-something finding their way. Most recently, I started…
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This Writing Life
Featured Image: Etienne Girardet I’ve been struggling to write the last few months. Well, the truth is that I write every day in some form or another, but I don’t feel that I have been particularly productive this year. The work that has gone to print was available online last…
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You Can’t Go Home Again: What it Meant to Leave my Hometown Three Times
Featured Image: Mantas Hesthaven The last time I left my hometown was at the start of December 2021. The decision came easily when I sat down with my friend Lucy back in September, a few weeks before my 29th birthday, and confessed how miserable I’d been feeling. I told them…