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Added on November 8, 2016 Second Year , Loss

Inheritance

II.II.IV INHERITANCE read on the doe It wasn’t only grief that changed me after my father’s death. For the first time in my life, I had enough money to do whatever the hell I wanted. I’m not talking millions here – in fact, I was by no account even close to being rich. I had just enough to live comfortably […]

Added on November 1, 2016 Second Year , Loss

Alone

II.II.III ALONE I had never lost anyone before then. This was all terra incognita to me. Luckily, I wasn’t alone. I had friends, and now, I also had someone by my side who made it a little more bearable. Only now, this someone too was about to leave me. It was around the same time that Pedro’s job opportunity fell […]

Added on October 25, 2016 Second Year , Loss

Anger

II.II.II ANGER I stood tall and put on a brave face. Remember, I’m too proud a person to admit weakness or vulnerability. I wasn’t the one in need of consoling. I was the one doing the consoling. My mother, my brother, my aunts and uncles… they were all a mess, as if their entire life had just collapsed in front […]

Added on October 18, 2016 Second Year , Loss

Goodbye

II.II.I GOODBYE read on the doe Things were going great. I had finally got my routine down, I was in love, and I was about to embark on my third year of studies. This meant finally going around the hospital as we started our clinical rotations and getting to see a little bit of everything. Basically, a dream come true! […]