January 2010

A little before Christmas I was chatting to an acquaintance, when her gaze rose above my head and her smile broadened. I did not need to move at all to know it was him. Twenty minutes earlier I had whispered to A, ‘I have a feeling he’s going to be here tonight. And that he’ll [...]

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When I was a kid I assumed that love was easy. I thought that when I reached a certain age–like twenty–I would meet a boy, fall in love and live happily ever after. Then my father was killed and overnight I learned that love wasn’t straightforward at all. I learned that love lasts and even [...]

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A new year cannot really feel like a new year until the previous year has been dissected, right? So here it is. 2009. (2008 can be found here) 1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before? I refused to stay down. I refused to give up. 2. Did you keep your [...]

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