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Pasto (Meal)

During meal times, in my family, all of us are either on our phones or watching TV. As long as I can remember my mother is the only the person who pays attention to what she eats.  Meals taste the same when you are sick, and for the past two- three weeks though I didn't encounter a tasty dish but I had many hearty meals. One such meal was made by my cousin sister, a cute little human from whom I get to learn a lot of things. One morning, she decided to make sandwiches for breakfast. The 4 year old with her tiny little hands and a big beautiful heart prepared sandwiches for everyone.  First she made one for herself, and then for the rest of us. Satisfy your hunger before feeding others, a 4 year old knows to love herself unlike us grown ups who often forgot to do so. Honestly it was the most simple yet scrumptious breakfast I had in a long time. It was prepared with love and the company I had was lovely, the food I ate was fulfilling. A good tasty meal might just be about the taste,

Querido/Querida Yo (Dear Me)

 It's that time of the year where we look forward to new beginnings, or to the start of a new chapter in our life. I used to tell myself that I will do this or not do this, set up new year goals to achieve but end up forgetting them by the end of February. Did you as well? This year I decided to change that habit of mine. Why? Because on New year's Eve when I replayed the past few years in my head I realised something. I had focused on everything and everyone outside all this while that I forgot about the most important person in my life - Myself. Every new year I say I will do things for myself but I really don't. And one thing I have not done for myself in a long time is take time and pay attention to myself. Keeping this in mind, I decided to write a letter to that important person in my life, you can read this out to yourself of you wish. "Dear Me, Thank you for hanging on and making it though the past year, you have done a good job. I apologise for not taking car