by vanissadrar | Aug 21, 2026 | BOOKS REVIEWS
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 | JOURNALISM
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 | JOURNALISM
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 | JOURNALISM
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 | JOURNALISM
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 | BOOKS REVIEWS
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 | JOURNALISM
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...
by vanissadrar | Aug 10, 2026 | JOURNALISM
I’ve come to realize that not everything is meant to be understood. Sometimes there is simply nothing to understand. We often believe that every painful experience, every sudden change, or every disappointing action must have a hidden reason waiting to be...
by vanissadrar | Aug 10, 2026 | JOURNALISM
Few acts require more courage than assuming complete responsibility for one’s own actions. It is not difficult to admit success, but it is profoundly difficult to acknowledge that our own choices, weaknesses, and blind spots have participated in creating the...
by vanissadrar | Aug 8, 2026 | JOURNALISM
We are living in an age where privacy and respect for personal boundaries are disappearing day by day. Thanks to smartphones and social media, anyone can become an unwilling subject of public attention in a matter of seconds. Imagine that something unexpected happens...
