Year: 2025
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To fill time at a standstill
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in PonderNami, our four-year old Yorkshire Terrier, has been clingy more often than usual these past few days. He’s been begging me to pull him up with me on the bench while I worked at the dining table. I had to place one of the doggy stairs beside the bench to help him climb up by
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And then, the next: post-purchase what-ifs
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in PonderI would occasionally call my mum on evenings when Dylan was off playing badminton until very late. Honestly, I only ever do it if there’s any major changes in my life and for the past couple of weekends it was just all about house-hunting. This weekend was no different. If thirty days was all that’s
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We bought our second home
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in LiveDylan said he married a sad wife. With the number of times he’d seen me sob in the last 12 months, what he said is pretty true. Nobody in this country has known me long enough to have seen how I can carry sadness in my heart for seven long years before it fizzles off.
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Five cities, fifteen days
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in TravelWhat really kicked off this holiday was Dylan’s FOMO at all our other friends with holiday plans over Easter. Mentally I wasn’t ready. I didn’t want to set aside copious time booking flights, hotels, and essentially planning an entire trip (which I was certain I will be responsible for once I commit to the idea
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My home and my misery
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in Ponder“When was the last time I was here? The house feels more lived-in now,” one of our friends said, as she walked through the laundry and into our kitchen/living/dining. I can’t remember when she last visited either, but I was just soaking in the compliment. “Dylan hates buying all the unnecessary things, but I like