Ava tries some Kroketten "We should talk. There's some preparation required" warned my friend Koen. I had arranged to stay with him for 'Sinterklaas', a Dutch present-giving tradition that takes Secret Santa to the next level. I'm fortunate to have friends and family scattered around the world, and taking every opportunity to visit them has…
It’s 6pm on a freezing December evening, just before Christmas, and I’m standing outside in the rain. It trickles down my glasses, mocking the tears I’ve been trying to hold back for half an hour. My body is shaking, from the effort and the cold, a smile plastered across my face. My mind is racing,…
Boa Vista, Cape Verde, 2013 I wrote this piece for my Facebook page, on the first anniversary of Omid's death... I don’t know how the world has kept turning without Omid in it, but apparently it has. 365 times to be precise. We have travelled a full lap around the sun, and here we are again. Back…
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OMID (امید) Translation: HOPE At the start of 2018 I had it all. A good job, a gorgeous baby girl called Ava, and my husband, Omid, who I knew would love me until the end of time. The road wasn't always smooth, but it was steady and all laid out ahead of us as we…
A Widow's Wanderlust 