as a toddler these chubby set of tiny toes were buried in brown cake of forest's earth, as the plump fingers reach out for blood-red wild berries, as a student these leather-covered soles wandered through cemented schools, universities, as the mind gulps data after data, oh so, committedly, as a two-decade lady these desperate feet… Continue reading variations of the word uprooting
Tag: inspirational quotes
6 Lessons I Learned from Little Fighter, Chika Jeune (perhaps a book review)
Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family by Mitch Albom Chika Jeune was born three days before the devastating earthquake that decimated Haiti in 2010. She spent her infancy in a landscape of extreme poverty, and when her mother died giving birth to a baby brother, Chika was brought… Continue reading 6 Lessons I Learned from Little Fighter, Chika Jeune (perhaps a book review)
Book Quotes: Rain in the Mountains
Rain in the Mountains: Notes from the Himalayas by Ruskin Bond Rating: ❤❤❤❤❤ As I remember that this blog is A Reading Writer, and as I want to fuel my reading pace again, I'll start to post quotations and wise words I loved from my recent reads, starting with Rain in the Mountains by India's… Continue reading Book Quotes: Rain in the Mountains
On Being Unnoticed
You need not to be famous to become somebody. You are already a hero to the hearts you touched deeply. And remember He made you, wonderfully. --- ©2016 Rosemawrites@A Reading Writer. All Rights Reserved. Photo credit: Proverbs 31 Ministries For 3 Days, 3 Quotes Challenge as tagged by devereaux frazier and Ladylee Manila. ❤ Please join if you… Continue reading On Being Unnoticed
On Choosing Happiness
On Bitterness
Let's choose to forgive even if forgiveness isn't asked. Your heart is too beautiful to keep those ugly poisons inside. --- ©2016 Rosemawrites@A Reading Writer. All Rights Reserved. Photo credit: Proverbs 31 Ministries For 3 Days, 3 Quotes Challenge as tagged by devereaux frazier and Ladylee Manila. ❤ Please join if you want. Let's spread some motivations? 🙂
Waiting Castle
Let your nervous, jittery footsteps ignore the crashing angry ocean. Let your weary heart shelve its loud fear-filled da-dums. Lift your spirit up ‘cause your dream-castle awaits you, love. — ©2016 Rosemawrites@A Reading Writer. All Rights Reserved. Photo credit: William Bout In response to Sonya of Only 100 Words‘ Three Line Tales Week Thirty-Eight. If you want to join,… Continue reading Waiting Castle
I am Not
To the Holder of my life’s map
I know You since I’m three or two. You know life’s hell that I’ve been through. Up, down, and up again Rollercoaster life feels like I’m in vain. Surrender, that’s what I did, as I sink in the sea of grief. My dream is dead, I said to self, as I smell my failure’s stench.… Continue reading To the Holder of my life’s map