Preeti's articles I hold her Her face is everywhere. Most people are calling for justice. I can’t get her eyes out of my head. Bright. Intelligent. Hopeful. She could have become anything wonderful. There’s so much she could have done. But we’ll never know. I can’t imagine how devastating this must be for her parents. To be the victim of […] April 14, 2018April 14, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Zoo Blue Yellow. The sky…sun Upon her face, a soft, tender breeze. Closes tired eyes. Sighs. Too many loud voices sound, her precious dream interrupted… Peering at all the strange animals through glass so thick to separate them At each she gazes intently Primped and preened are all of them. Quickly they pass her by. Wistfully […] January 21, 2018January 21, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Restaurant Review: Vapiano I firmly believe that for any relationship to work, you have to give each other room. Take my kitchen and I for example. Life long companions though we may be, I insist on some space from it at least once a week so when I go back to that sink full of used vessels, I […] January 18, 2018January 18, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Restaurant Review: Le Pain Quotidien The Avenues Mall has finally opened in Bahrain and I now understand why it’s almost a tourist spot in nearby Kuwait. When you walk into the mall, you some how forget that’s where you are instead, your eyes and mind trick you into believing you’re walking down a bustling market lane with shops and interesting […] November 14, 2017November 15, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Winter is coming No offense Game of Thrones fans, couldn’t resist using that as my title when it is so apt for my post today. Well…I think it is anyway. Those of you who have been reading my posts through October know that I joined a group of women as part of the Learn and Serve initiative. Well, […] November 7, 2017November 7, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Just one more October went by and I managed to post everyday. Yay!! Today, I spent more than a few hours watching TV shows and thought that after 31 days of posting, I needed a day off from my blog. Turns out, I need to post one more thing before I can… Thank you! Thank you to two […] November 1, 2017November 1, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Emily: Epilogue THE END Emily saw a photo of Ethan in the main article in the science and technology section of the newspaper and caressed the once intimately familiar face. She made a mental note to call him later to congratulate him on his latest success. He was making history like he had always hoped and as […] October 31, 2017October 31, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Emily: Chapter Twenty Six HERE COMES THE SUN As relieved as Emily was that her marriage had ended on amicable terms, the fallout with her parents, weighed heavily on her heart. She couldn’t bear to spend more than a few days in the same house as them when neither of them was speaking to her and moved to her […] October 30, 2017October 30, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Emily: Chapter Twenty Five END OF LIFE AS WE KNOW IT In a daze, Emily walked to her room and collapsed on her bed. She was awakened at around midnight by noises coming from the hall and was unsure of how long she had been asleep. Her stomach was rumbling. She hadn’t eaten in over twenty-four hours. She wondered […] October 29, 2017October 29, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Emily: Chapter Twenty Four SAY IT ISN’T SO A few moments after she rang the bell, Mrs. Vaz opened the door. “Where have you been baba? We’ve been trying to reach you on your mobile for so long. And Emily, we’re not running a hotel. If you want to change your sheets please don’t just throw….” Mrs. Vaz stopped […] October 28, 2017October 28, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Emily: Chapter Twenty Three CHEATER CHEATER A short while later Arun’s head was resting against her bare shoulder. As she ran her fingers on her face she could still feel the light prickle of his stubble on her cheek. It was different from Ethan. Ethan! Emily was lying naked with a man who was not Ethan. Not her husband. […] October 27, 2017October 27, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Emily: Chapter Twenty Two TEMPTATION Emily avoided calls from Arun after that evening and wrought with guilt over what could have happened focussed her energy on trying to get in touch with Ethan. She was tired and hurt. She still loved him and needed to get back to him – away from temptation. Perhaps when they were together again, […] October 26, 2017October 26, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Emily: Chapter Twenty One HOME HEALS ALL HURT Surrounded by memories of her youth – a carefree, happier time – Emily began to feel her spirits slowly lift again. There were moments in the day that she felt like herself again. Unfortunately, it didn’t take much for her mind to travel back down the difficult path she had been […] October 25, 2017October 25, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Emily: Chapter Twenty CHANGE Emily hated being alone in the still, silent house that should have been full of laughter and baby babble so she spent long hours in the park, trying to walk her sadness away. The fresh air did her good and some nights when she got home, she felt more like the old Emily. One […] October 24, 2017October 24, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Emily: Chapter Nineteen PICKING UP THE PIECES Emily slowly began trying to put her life back together. It was a much more difficult task than she felt up to on most days. Every time she caught her mother-in-law’s eyes, she thought that she saw disappointment there and it made her both sad and angry at the same time. […] October 23, 2017October 23, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Emily: Chapter Eighteen GRACE The doctors at the emergency ward rushed Emily to the labour and delivery room where they tried to find the baby’s heartbeat. The silence was deafening. Everything after that was like a nightmare for Emily. The nurses prepped her for an emergency cesarean section. Emily wished they wouldn’t give her the anaesthesia. She felt […] October 22, 2017October 22, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Emily: Chapter Seventeen WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING Pregnancy was not the wonderful journey Emily hoped it would be. For the first few months, she spent a fair amount of her working day in the restroom vomiting or retching, never quite being able to decide which was worse. When she went home in the evening, the kitchen which […] October 21, 2017October 21, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Emily: Chapter Sixteen THIRTY-FOUR Emily was beside herself with excitement when she rushed out of the toilet to shake a still sleeping Ethan out of bed to give him the news. “We’re pregnant E! We’re pregnant!!” Ethan looked at her with blurry irritated eyes before understanding and a lopsided grin appeared on his face. He pulled her into […] October 20, 2017October 20, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Emily: Chapter Fifteen TWO TINY LINES Emily studied her ovulation calendar and for the first time since those wonderful months before life happened, Ethan and Emily lay entwined in each other more than their usual four times a month. As much as she enjoyed their love-making, Emily had hoped that she would get pregnant right away and eleven […] October 19, 2017October 19, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Emily: Chapter Fourteen …THEN COMES MARRIAGE, THEN COMES… Days passed by in a calm happy manner for almost five years, by which time, aunties with noses much too long for their own good began asking Emily why she hadn’t had a baby yet. It annoyed her at first. Then as she thought about it, she realized that she […] October 18, 2017October 18, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked #MeToo It’s everywhere. That hashtag. I saw it up as a friend’s status on Facebook. I made it my own a few seconds later. That was yesterday. Today, a very large percentage of the women on my list of friends have the same or a variant of it as their status. I look at those stupid […] October 17, 2017October 17, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Emily: Chapter Thirteen HER NEW LIFE Emily had to resign from her job when she got married and so for the first few months after the wedding, she enjoyed her time off and loved her new role as ‘Mrs. Mendonca: Wife and Homemaker’. She found joy in the littlest things, like being introduced as Ethan’s wife to his […] October 16, 2017October 16, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Emily: Chapter Twelve THE FINAL FAREWELL Emily was so excited about starting life as Mrs. Mendonca in a new city that she had all but completely forgotten that she would be leaving behind her old life. With all her bags packed, she found that it was physically difficult to get out of the taxi at the airport. “What […] October 15, 2017October 15, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Emily: Chapter Eleven WHAT MAKETH A MAN Ethan and Emily spent the first ten days after their wedding at the Mendonca family home. Mrs. Mendonca who had thus far been the only woman in Ethan’s life thought it would benefit the couple greatly if she saved time and told Emily exactly what Ethan liked and didn’t like. She […] October 14, 2017October 14, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Emily: Chapter Ten TO ENDINGS AND NEW BEGINNINGS If felt as though Ethan and Emily had been smiling and saying, “Thank you for coming!” for hours before the wedding hall finally emptied and only the immediate family on both sides remained. The two of them had just sat down at a table and were sipping on some ice-cold […] October 13, 2017October 13, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Emily: Chapter Nine MR., MRS. AND MUMMY As they were driving to the hall in which their wedding reception was to be held, Emily looked at the ring on her finger. This was it. It took them all of one hour to go from being two separate individuals into one entity, ‘united in the sight of man and […] October 12, 2017October 12, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Learn and Serve October is shaping up to be a good month for me. First it was the experience of the Jazz Festival and now, being part of the learn and serve initiative. Learn and Serve has been around for a while now. Since its inception, every year groups of women get together to learn how to knit […] October 11, 2017October 11, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Emily: Chapter Eight WEDDING BELLS A-RINGING Tired as Emily was from all the dancing and sheer madness of her Roce, it was only as the first light of the morning was beginning to stream through her open window that she finally fell asleep. When she woke up a few hours later, she ran to the mirror hoping that […] October 10, 2017October 10, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Emily: Chapter Seven MEMORIES The ladies from the older generation of the Vaz family were singing wowieos. Emily had seldom paid much attention to the meaningful lyrics before. However, as her family came forward to douse her with, what is traditionally believed to be purifying, coconut milk, she felt her eyes become wet. The conversation she had had with […] October 9, 2017October 9, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Emily: Chapter Six HOME “Ma, do I really need to wear this kirgi?” Emily asked looking at herself with uncertainty in the mirror while Sheila, the lady from the beauty salon stuck, pulled, tucked and pleated one of her mother’s royal purple kanjeevaram sarees round her waist in the time-honoured style. “You wanted to wear it till this […] October 8, 2017October 8, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked What a night! I know I’m in the middle of a story series and for those of you lovely people who are following along everyday as I publish a new chapter, I will tell you more about Emily and her journey tomorrow. I had to pause and tell you about last night! Bahrain, the tiny little island on […] October 7, 2017October 8, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Emily: Chapter Five KISS THE GIRL Abbey had told Emily that the courtship period, as the time between the engagement and wedding day is often called, would be wonderful. “It’s that initial phase of discovery Em, when everything is brand new and shiny. Somehow, neither of you will be able to do any wrong. Marriage is going to […] October 6, 2017October 8, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Emily: Chapter Four PUT A RING ON IT Ethan was an extremely busy junior general surgeon in another city but he always made time, even if it was only a few minutes a day, to talk to Emily. On some wonderful nights, the young lovebirds talked of nothing and everything for hours, only stopping when one of them […] October 5, 2017October 6, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Emily: Chapter Three A SUITABLE BOY Mrs. Marlene Vaz clutched the large gold crucifix that dangled from the end of the rosary she was seldom seen without, said a silent prayer for her daughter, and went to answer the door. Emily was absentmindedly tracing the tiny multicoloured flowers on the course, beige sofa with her recently painted index […] October 4, 2017October 4, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Emily: Chapter Two A LITTLE HEART-TO-HEART Abigail arrived at the old family home in the morning and was on her way to what her mother saw as her happily ever after. She had been married to Clive for five years and in the recent months; ever so often could be seen placing a hand protectively across her swollen […] October 3, 2017October 3, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Emily: Chapter One MATCH-MAKER MATCH-MAKER Mrs. Marlene Vaz lay tossing and turning in bed for hours before she gave in and shook her sleeping husband awake. “Eddie. Eddie, wake up!” she called. “Why is this taking so long?” Mr. Edgar Vaz, his movements slower and paunch larger than they were thirty years ago, turned more slowly than […] October 2, 2017October 2, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Ultimate Blog Challenge I registered for the Ultimate Blog Challenge this month. 31 posts in 31 days! This is the second time this year that I’ve registered. Last time, I just couldn’t make it happen because the mere idea of posting something – anything – for 31 days straight is more than simply daunting for me with my […] October 1, 2017October 1, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
I hold her Her face is everywhere. Most people are calling for justice. I can’t get her eyes out of my head. Bright. Intelligent. Hopeful. She could have become anything wonderful. There’s so much she could have done. But we’ll never know. I can’t imagine how devastating this must be for her parents. To be the victim of […] April 14, 2018April 14, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Zoo Blue Yellow. The sky…sun Upon her face, a soft, tender breeze. Closes tired eyes. Sighs. Too many loud voices sound, her precious dream interrupted… Peering at all the strange animals through glass so thick to separate them At each she gazes intently Primped and preened are all of them. Quickly they pass her by. Wistfully […] January 21, 2018January 21, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Restaurant Review: Vapiano I firmly believe that for any relationship to work, you have to give each other room. Take my kitchen and I for example. Life long companions though we may be, I insist on some space from it at least once a week so when I go back to that sink full of used vessels, I […] January 18, 2018January 18, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Restaurant Review: Le Pain Quotidien The Avenues Mall has finally opened in Bahrain and I now understand why it’s almost a tourist spot in nearby Kuwait. When you walk into the mall, you some how forget that’s where you are instead, your eyes and mind trick you into believing you’re walking down a bustling market lane with shops and interesting […] November 14, 2017November 15, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Winter is coming No offense Game of Thrones fans, couldn’t resist using that as my title when it is so apt for my post today. Well…I think it is anyway. Those of you who have been reading my posts through October know that I joined a group of women as part of the Learn and Serve initiative. Well, […] November 7, 2017November 7, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Just one more October went by and I managed to post everyday. Yay!! Today, I spent more than a few hours watching TV shows and thought that after 31 days of posting, I needed a day off from my blog. Turns out, I need to post one more thing before I can… Thank you! Thank you to two […] November 1, 2017November 1, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Emily: Epilogue THE END Emily saw a photo of Ethan in the main article in the science and technology section of the newspaper and caressed the once intimately familiar face. She made a mental note to call him later to congratulate him on his latest success. He was making history like he had always hoped and as […] October 31, 2017October 31, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Emily: Chapter Twenty Six HERE COMES THE SUN As relieved as Emily was that her marriage had ended on amicable terms, the fallout with her parents, weighed heavily on her heart. She couldn’t bear to spend more than a few days in the same house as them when neither of them was speaking to her and moved to her […] October 30, 2017October 30, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Emily: Chapter Twenty Five END OF LIFE AS WE KNOW IT In a daze, Emily walked to her room and collapsed on her bed. She was awakened at around midnight by noises coming from the hall and was unsure of how long she had been asleep. Her stomach was rumbling. She hadn’t eaten in over twenty-four hours. She wondered […] October 29, 2017October 29, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Emily: Chapter Twenty Four SAY IT ISN’T SO A few moments after she rang the bell, Mrs. Vaz opened the door. “Where have you been baba? We’ve been trying to reach you on your mobile for so long. And Emily, we’re not running a hotel. If you want to change your sheets please don’t just throw….” Mrs. Vaz stopped […] October 28, 2017October 28, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Emily: Chapter Twenty Three CHEATER CHEATER A short while later Arun’s head was resting against her bare shoulder. As she ran her fingers on her face she could still feel the light prickle of his stubble on her cheek. It was different from Ethan. Ethan! Emily was lying naked with a man who was not Ethan. Not her husband. […] October 27, 2017October 27, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Emily: Chapter Twenty Two TEMPTATION Emily avoided calls from Arun after that evening and wrought with guilt over what could have happened focussed her energy on trying to get in touch with Ethan. She was tired and hurt. She still loved him and needed to get back to him – away from temptation. Perhaps when they were together again, […] October 26, 2017October 26, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Emily: Chapter Twenty One HOME HEALS ALL HURT Surrounded by memories of her youth – a carefree, happier time – Emily began to feel her spirits slowly lift again. There were moments in the day that she felt like herself again. Unfortunately, it didn’t take much for her mind to travel back down the difficult path she had been […] October 25, 2017October 25, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Emily: Chapter Twenty CHANGE Emily hated being alone in the still, silent house that should have been full of laughter and baby babble so she spent long hours in the park, trying to walk her sadness away. The fresh air did her good and some nights when she got home, she felt more like the old Emily. One […] October 24, 2017October 24, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Emily: Chapter Nineteen PICKING UP THE PIECES Emily slowly began trying to put her life back together. It was a much more difficult task than she felt up to on most days. Every time she caught her mother-in-law’s eyes, she thought that she saw disappointment there and it made her both sad and angry at the same time. […] October 23, 2017October 23, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Emily: Chapter Eighteen GRACE The doctors at the emergency ward rushed Emily to the labour and delivery room where they tried to find the baby’s heartbeat. The silence was deafening. Everything after that was like a nightmare for Emily. The nurses prepped her for an emergency cesarean section. Emily wished they wouldn’t give her the anaesthesia. She felt […] October 22, 2017October 22, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Emily: Chapter Seventeen WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING Pregnancy was not the wonderful journey Emily hoped it would be. For the first few months, she spent a fair amount of her working day in the restroom vomiting or retching, never quite being able to decide which was worse. When she went home in the evening, the kitchen which […] October 21, 2017October 21, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Emily: Chapter Sixteen THIRTY-FOUR Emily was beside herself with excitement when she rushed out of the toilet to shake a still sleeping Ethan out of bed to give him the news. “We’re pregnant E! We’re pregnant!!” Ethan looked at her with blurry irritated eyes before understanding and a lopsided grin appeared on his face. He pulled her into […] October 20, 2017October 20, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Emily: Chapter Fifteen TWO TINY LINES Emily studied her ovulation calendar and for the first time since those wonderful months before life happened, Ethan and Emily lay entwined in each other more than their usual four times a month. As much as she enjoyed their love-making, Emily had hoped that she would get pregnant right away and eleven […] October 19, 2017October 19, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Emily: Chapter Fourteen …THEN COMES MARRIAGE, THEN COMES… Days passed by in a calm happy manner for almost five years, by which time, aunties with noses much too long for their own good began asking Emily why she hadn’t had a baby yet. It annoyed her at first. Then as she thought about it, she realized that she […] October 18, 2017October 18, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
#MeToo It’s everywhere. That hashtag. I saw it up as a friend’s status on Facebook. I made it my own a few seconds later. That was yesterday. Today, a very large percentage of the women on my list of friends have the same or a variant of it as their status. I look at those stupid […] October 17, 2017October 17, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Emily: Chapter Thirteen HER NEW LIFE Emily had to resign from her job when she got married and so for the first few months after the wedding, she enjoyed her time off and loved her new role as ‘Mrs. Mendonca: Wife and Homemaker’. She found joy in the littlest things, like being introduced as Ethan’s wife to his […] October 16, 2017October 16, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Emily: Chapter Twelve THE FINAL FAREWELL Emily was so excited about starting life as Mrs. Mendonca in a new city that she had all but completely forgotten that she would be leaving behind her old life. With all her bags packed, she found that it was physically difficult to get out of the taxi at the airport. “What […] October 15, 2017October 15, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Emily: Chapter Eleven WHAT MAKETH A MAN Ethan and Emily spent the first ten days after their wedding at the Mendonca family home. Mrs. Mendonca who had thus far been the only woman in Ethan’s life thought it would benefit the couple greatly if she saved time and told Emily exactly what Ethan liked and didn’t like. She […] October 14, 2017October 14, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Emily: Chapter Ten TO ENDINGS AND NEW BEGINNINGS If felt as though Ethan and Emily had been smiling and saying, “Thank you for coming!” for hours before the wedding hall finally emptied and only the immediate family on both sides remained. The two of them had just sat down at a table and were sipping on some ice-cold […] October 13, 2017October 13, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Emily: Chapter Nine MR., MRS. AND MUMMY As they were driving to the hall in which their wedding reception was to be held, Emily looked at the ring on her finger. This was it. It took them all of one hour to go from being two separate individuals into one entity, ‘united in the sight of man and […] October 12, 2017October 12, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Learn and Serve October is shaping up to be a good month for me. First it was the experience of the Jazz Festival and now, being part of the learn and serve initiative. Learn and Serve has been around for a while now. Since its inception, every year groups of women get together to learn how to knit […] October 11, 2017October 11, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Emily: Chapter Eight WEDDING BELLS A-RINGING Tired as Emily was from all the dancing and sheer madness of her Roce, it was only as the first light of the morning was beginning to stream through her open window that she finally fell asleep. When she woke up a few hours later, she ran to the mirror hoping that […] October 10, 2017October 10, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Emily: Chapter Seven MEMORIES The ladies from the older generation of the Vaz family were singing wowieos. Emily had seldom paid much attention to the meaningful lyrics before. However, as her family came forward to douse her with, what is traditionally believed to be purifying, coconut milk, she felt her eyes become wet. The conversation she had had with […] October 9, 2017October 9, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Emily: Chapter Six HOME “Ma, do I really need to wear this kirgi?” Emily asked looking at herself with uncertainty in the mirror while Sheila, the lady from the beauty salon stuck, pulled, tucked and pleated one of her mother’s royal purple kanjeevaram sarees round her waist in the time-honoured style. “You wanted to wear it till this […] October 8, 2017October 8, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
What a night! I know I’m in the middle of a story series and for those of you lovely people who are following along everyday as I publish a new chapter, I will tell you more about Emily and her journey tomorrow. I had to pause and tell you about last night! Bahrain, the tiny little island on […] October 7, 2017October 8, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Emily: Chapter Five KISS THE GIRL Abbey had told Emily that the courtship period, as the time between the engagement and wedding day is often called, would be wonderful. “It’s that initial phase of discovery Em, when everything is brand new and shiny. Somehow, neither of you will be able to do any wrong. Marriage is going to […] October 6, 2017October 8, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Emily: Chapter Four PUT A RING ON IT Ethan was an extremely busy junior general surgeon in another city but he always made time, even if it was only a few minutes a day, to talk to Emily. On some wonderful nights, the young lovebirds talked of nothing and everything for hours, only stopping when one of them […] October 5, 2017October 6, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Emily: Chapter Three A SUITABLE BOY Mrs. Marlene Vaz clutched the large gold crucifix that dangled from the end of the rosary she was seldom seen without, said a silent prayer for her daughter, and went to answer the door. Emily was absentmindedly tracing the tiny multicoloured flowers on the course, beige sofa with her recently painted index […] October 4, 2017October 4, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Emily: Chapter Two A LITTLE HEART-TO-HEART Abigail arrived at the old family home in the morning and was on her way to what her mother saw as her happily ever after. She had been married to Clive for five years and in the recent months; ever so often could be seen placing a hand protectively across her swollen […] October 3, 2017October 3, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Emily: Chapter One MATCH-MAKER MATCH-MAKER Mrs. Marlene Vaz lay tossing and turning in bed for hours before she gave in and shook her sleeping husband awake. “Eddie. Eddie, wake up!” she called. “Why is this taking so long?” Mr. Edgar Vaz, his movements slower and paunch larger than they were thirty years ago, turned more slowly than […] October 2, 2017October 2, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Ultimate Blog Challenge I registered for the Ultimate Blog Challenge this month. 31 posts in 31 days! This is the second time this year that I’ve registered. Last time, I just couldn’t make it happen because the mere idea of posting something – anything – for 31 days straight is more than simply daunting for me with my […] October 1, 2017October 1, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked