There seems to be some social stigma when it comes to crying. Especially crying in public. When we see someone crying in a public place we look away, often more embarrassed about it than the person crying is. We tell our children not to cry. We tell our friends not to cry when they’re upset. […]
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How to Learn a Foreign Language
(Thank you to Alexei K. for the inspiration to write about learning languages) Some people think that because my husband is French, I speak French fluently. Truth is, I’m not all that great in French. Well, actually, sometimes I’m pretty good, but sometimes I’m not. It depends on a lot of things, but mostly it […]
Let’s Talk about Hair
Everybody likes to have nice hair, don’t they? Well, maybe not everybody. I’m sure I’ve seen some people who seem not to care about having nice hair. But let’s call those people the ‘exceptions’. So, excluding the ‘exceptions’, we love having nice hair, don’t we? And we love it when people comment on how great […]
An Easter without Chocolate
Just over a year ago I made a confession. I’m a chocoholic. Do you remember? I talked about how I just can’t resist chocolate. How it doesn’t last long once I’ve bought it. And how I was putting on a bit of weight after buying and eating too much of it. Well, things have […]
The Things I’ve Kept
What’s your answer to the following question – If your house was on fire, what things would you save first? In the ‘old days’, it was the box of photographs or photo albums, personal documents like birth certificate, marriage certificates and school records, and maybe something of sentimental value. Now maybe it’s the smartphone, laptop […]