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Added on March 18, 2024 Belize , A Year in the Life

I.II.I.III – Caye Caulker: Day Three

CAYE CAULKER I.II.I.III- DAY THREE 11/09/22 The following morning, Roy went to work early and I, bursting with giddiness, made my way to…. drum roll… Scuba class! I’d lived in Malta; an island surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea on all sides, since I was nay but a zygote. I’d been fascinated by all things marine since I was a kid. […]

Added on December 14, 2023 Second Year , Loss

II.II.IV – 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 and splurge […]

Added on December 7, 2023 Second Year , Loss

II.II.III – 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 November 30, 2023 Second Year , Loss

II.II.II – Anger

II.II.II ANGER I stood tall and put on a brave face. Remember I’m too proud a person to admit weakness and 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 November 23, 2023 Second Year , Loss

II.II.I – Goodbye

II.II.I GOODBYE read on the doe Things were going great. I had finally had 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’d start off our clinical rotations and getting to see a little bit of everything. Basically a dream come […]