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“This is who I am, this is who I’m not, This is what I want, this is what I’m leaving behind.”  Shauna Niequist As I celebrate a half-decade year, I’ve discovered that ageing is a surprising process of becoming the person you always wanted to be. I’m sitting in an […]

Let Go and Become the Person You Always Wanted to ...


With dark raven paper and twinkling white ink, I wrote my heart in the night’s sky. Shannon L. Alder I know what it is to shut down. Shut off. Shut up. Shut out. Shut me away. Eighteen months ago, I found myself numbed, tired, and apathetic. I put myself to […]

Feel Every Spectrum of Emotion by Elaine Fraser



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Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.― R.J. Palacio, Wonder  Wonder is one of those movies that will stay with you for a long time. It’s sweet, sad, and so profound.  The main character, Auggie, has a facial […]

The Wonder of Humanity


  Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference. Robert Frost I’ve been travelling pretty much since March this year on a quest to finish a novel I began in 2013. I worked on my book […]

The Road Not Taken by Elaine Fraser



Let me fall if I must fall. The one I become will catch me. Sheryl Sandberg This year, I’m travelling for about eight months and I’m following Plan A–my itinerary. But, travel has a way of bringing up opportunities to switch to Plan B, or even the dreaded Plan X […]

What to do when your travel plans change