For each and every one of us expat girls, there will be that Judy Blume summer that immortalises our childhood.
Read MoreIn the darkest moments, Laughter ...
You realise that in this moment, this darkest moment, she gave you laughter.
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In the brightest moments, Pain
I think you always visit me in the bright moments, Papa; you and Pain. I think that's where I'll always find you: in these brightest moments. So when Pain invites me to dance. I never refuse. The thought of no dance at all, of the absence, is far more painful than the intensity of remembering.
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Dear Mr. Trump ... you give me hope for the future
Up until his swearing in, I held on to the hope that Donald Trump would renounce the farce, would man up and would accept the presidency with grace.
He didn't.
But I realised he could give me much to aspire to - as long as my aspiration was to carry on living in the exact opposite way he would.
Read MoreI wouldn't start again my friend ...
Written on December 31, 2016 .... posted on January 12, 2017. I'd forgotten I'd written this. Apparently even in a drunken stupor I remembered not to drink and post ...
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