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To be loved
To be seen… Beyond the facade. To have the essence of who we are, known to those we trust and hold dear. To be heard… Not only when we cry out, but also when we speak gently of the troubles in our heart. To be loved… For more than how we make others feel, but…
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Torturous love
And so it is…love and torture have always been stablemates. Sometimes, without warning, someone enters your life and challenges every assumption that you ever made about what’s possible. What you thought you deserved was limited to what you were capable of achieving up to that point, and maybe just a quiet desire to acquire some…
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Respond with poetry
Responding in kind to the trials of life only gives those trials more power. Instead, be the eternal romantic. Look for the starry sky in the darkness, or the glow of the sunshine behind those grey clouds. Romance is not about sharing a moment with another. Romance is about embracing a moment for yourself despite…
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Daydream your life away…
Sometimes we lose ourselves to nostalgia to the point of disconnecting from the life that we have. Good memories are great, as long as it’s not a reason to take our current blessings for granted. Many of us are so fixated on the life that we once had, that we neglect the people and the…
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Turning pain into beauty
Shortly after I published my novel, An Incomplete Love Story, I remember asking if I finally had permission to post romantic, or mushy stuff. The responses were entertaining and generally positive. The most common question I get is whether it is based on true life, or is it fiction. Suffice to say it’s a dumbed…
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My echo chamber
For what feels like an eternity, I’ve been grappling with whether I have anything of substance to share beyond my first novel. Will it be an indulgent rant of self-pity, or will it honour the human struggle? Am I invested in it the way I was with the first novel? Or is the tedious repetition…
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That empty bench…
The saddest scene for me has always been the abandoned park bench. It echoes with profound intensity the pervasive isolation that too many experience, but too few reveal. There is a shame that is carried upon the broken wings of abandonment that anchors us in that space between wanting to create beauty in this world,…
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An Incomplete Love Story – Author’s note
A note from the author for my novel, An Incomplete Love Story This story was inspired by true events. Some, my own but many based on incidents that I witnessed in the colourful domains of my life. It is a story of an often-overlooked community. Caught at the intersection of cultural pride while fighting for…
