15 Marbles

Moments.Musings.Memories. ❤️Gathering little marbles from ordinary days and keeping them for our memory jar. ❤️

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Category: Life and Reflections

  • Grief Has Many Faces

    [Trigger warning: Grief] Grief has many faces – or should I say facets? It’s not only the tears… It shows up in ways you never imagined. It presents itself like a rock in your throat that pops up randomly as you go about your day. It shows up when you are smiling but don’t feel…

  • I Blame My Friend for the French Martini

    I am not a big drinker, but I don’t mind a good cocktail every once in a while. My usual go-to drink is a Margarita. But this one is about Martinis – the French ones in particular. Every time I see Martinis on a menu, my brain automatically hears it in a James Bond voice:…

  • Going it alone

    This one is a bit vulnerable. I thought about posting it here, leaving it in my head, or taking it to the group chat – where I will probably hash it to death anyway. 😃 But here it is too. I’m booked in for a four-day professional development training program away from home. This will…

  • Three Months and a Week

    It’s been three months and a week since my total hysterectomy. In this time, I have realised that six weeks’ medical clearance doesn’t mean that you are fully healed. Healing, as I am learning, is not linear. Some days are great and pain-free. I find myself moving more easily, I have more energy, and I…