The new normal

One of my trainees called me  to find out how my family was doing.

It was so sweet and kind of her, but for the fact I was sitting at my desk trying to write a report, I would have cried buckets such was my gratitude for this communication. However I suppresed the ocular salty outflow and instead thanked her for her kindness and prayers. It really lifted my sagging spirits.

It is true that in difficulties times, you…

My father has always been stubborn. I learnt early on that I would never win a fight with him. Thirty odd years later very little has changed. Except now things are different – now refusal to change his mind has far reaching consequences for him and the rest of the family.

In an attempt to be respectful we have not overridden his wishes but it is heartbreaking and painful to us all.

Maybe I am not being sympathetic…

Sometimes its the little things that can tip you over the edge… Coming into work after a harrowing weekend, to find my colleague ensconced at my desk, as if I no longer existed. Of course this is my paranoia playing out and a reflection of the hitherto internal distress that I had been feeling but not acknowledging. I wanted to rage at my colleague – “don’t you know things are hard enough as they are,…