I was with my son the other day wandering in the mall when he asked for Pokemon Cards, AGAIN, while he has more than 500 cards collected at home, most of which ended up being fake from the local market. Aaaanyway, that’s not the point. He asked and I replied: “Yii Rawad, I cannot wait until you grow out of this cards thing,
It's really a celebration I chose to call "Fourty Shades of Life". And as I was reflecting on this milestone, I drafted a list of my top 40 learnings which I'm sharing with you below.
As much as there are parts of our previous selves that we cherish, there are so many others that we might have
On a rainy December day, my alarm rings at 5:50 am to prep for school. I wake up on the wrong side of the bed. I’ve been feeling sad and frustrated for reasons that I won’t go into now. As okay as it is not to be okay, I didn’t appreciate nor accept my feelings. Twirling around in bed, feeling drained and exhausted,