Category: Blog Posts
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The Wall
I find myself staring at the wall, asking it to become a mirror. Hoping instructions will appear, engraved in the marble affront me. To show me proof of justice, kindness, sweat-equity. Walls display the stories of a place in the dialect of long slabs and smooth cuts Upon their surface the fragments of life, the…
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Teaching compassion and acceptance to elementary school students
Teaching compassion and acceptance to elementary school students Many years ago, it was 6PM on another Friday night. I had just finished swim practice, and my mummy was helping me pull on one of my nicer outfits in the pool change room. Instead of going home that night, I was directly going to go to…
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The First Seven Lessons
Waving goodbye to whoever left the house was something like a tradition in my home growing up. Countless frames of memories I hold from my childhood include the daily routine of running out barefoot to the driveway to wave goodbye to my papa as he left for work. This was so normal to me until…