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Happy Father’s Day
Our lineage has always held fathers. All in different shapes and forms. Some balding, others brooding. Some with a tough or easy exterior and soft heart, whilst others with a hardness that never really wore off. One thing they’ve all had in common is changing us. The same way they were changed by their dads. Every time I listen to Made in Japan, I think of my grandfather. Not because he was a fan, but because I know the song carries his essence the same way phantom memories of his life in his village do. Every time I’m kind without thinking twice, I think of my dad. Not because that’s…
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Stealing sunshine and Valentine’s week
People we’ve warmed towards, and didn’t expect to be inspired by, but we are.
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People and their (our) problems (with them)
Something I’ve realized is, you cannot change people. You cannot force them to grow, the same way you cannot hold them back when they do. Constantly telling a woman who isn’t ready to chase her dreams that she should be is the same as reprimanding an independent woman for grinding in the office everyday Asking a friend who cannot read the room or register your emotions to be there for you is the same as telling a deep friend to keep it light. Telling a fun parent to be harder on their child is the same as telling an overprotective one to let go more. And yet, we continue to…
