by vanissadrar | Aug 27, 2026 | In Passing
Perhaps one of the hardest things about being human is that we can never know what a choice will become once we make it. We choose, and then, somewhere in the back of our minds, another possibility remains alive. What if I had stayed?What if I had left?What if I had...
by vanissadrar | Aug 27, 2026 | In Passing
There is something strange about returning to a familiar place. Nothing may have changed—the same street, the same bench, the same window, the same corner where nothing remarkable ever happened. And yet, for a moment, something inside us becomes quieter. Perhaps...
by vanissadrar | Aug 25, 2026 | In Passing
Somewhere along the way, we stopped only living our lives and started imagining how they would look from the outside. A beautiful morning becomes a picture. A dinner becomes a story. A trip becomes a carousel. A quiet achievement becomes a post. Even happiness can...
by vanissadrar | Aug 21, 2026 | Book Review
I’ll be honest—when I first picked up Grieving Is Loving, I expected a book about how to survive grief: something that would explain the stages of mourning, offer comforting advice, and perhaps tell the reader how to slowly return to ordinary life after losing...
by vanissadrar | Aug 21, 2026 | In Passing
Because every choice carries a small death. Something has to be abandoned. A version of yourself. A place. A possibility. A hope you kept alive longer than you should have. And sometimes, the hardest part is that both doors lead somewhere. One leads toward everything...
by vanissadrar | Aug 18, 2026 | In Passing
There are people who move through life as though every ending were merely an interruption, convinced that the world can always be returned to its original settings. As if the past were nothing more than a page that can be rewritten by the person holding the pen....
by vanissadrar | Aug 15, 2026 | In Passing
There comes a point where forgiveness ceases to be a virtue and becomes a lesson we unknowingly teach others. Excessive forgiveness, offered without boundaries or consequences, does not always cultivate gratitude or transformation. More often, it reshapes perception....
by vanissadrar | Aug 13, 2026 | In Passing
There comes a moment in a person’s life when they can no longer ignore the pattern. Not because the pattern has suddenly appeared, but because they have finally become conscious of it. We often remain inside cycles for years without realizing that we are living...
by vanissadrar | Aug 12, 2026 | Book Review
When I first picked up Communicating with Cancer Patients, I expected a medical book: something concerned primarily with diagnosis, treatment, chemotherapy, prognosis, and the technical vocabulary surrounding cancer. What I found was something different. John F....
by vanissadrar | Aug 12, 2026 | In Passing
Respect is often spoken of as though it were a virtue one person can demand from another, regardless of how they behave. But genuine respect does not exist in a vacuum. It is sustained by reciprocity. No one can consistently diminish, humiliate, disregard, or...
