Daily Prompt: Ovation

via Daily Prompt: Ovation After years worth of hiding, afraid of anything that could possibly go wrong, I was given a diagnosis I had not expected. It is amazing how a “fateful” diagnosis can open a persons eyes…bringing to realization all the things that they had truly been blind to for decades past. By the… Continue reading Daily Prompt: Ovation

Even a Droplet of Good News Makes a Lack of Alcohol Tolerable — Roads & Kingdoms

Virgin Mojitos in Tehran I stood in a corner of the gallery’s rooftop terrace, watching the locals and waiting for a concert to begin. All of the guests appeared to be in their 20s, and most of them seemed to subscribe to the same style-bible as the arty youngsters in hipster capitals worldwide: jeans, skinny;… via… Continue reading Even a Droplet of Good News Makes a Lack of Alcohol Tolerable — Roads & Kingdoms

Undocumented, Unafraid, Unapologetic…Depressed — COFFEE WITH KENIA

As she walked towards the car I could tell something was wrong. I asked her how her day was and tears quickly formed around her beautiful brown eyes. “I think I’m depressed,” she said. She was ashamed. She was tired of explaining why she couldn’t drive at night. “My friends don’t understand that not having… Continue reading Undocumented, Unafraid, Unapologetic…Depressed — COFFEE WITH KENIA