On learning bravery before understanding loss I’m telling this story now as an adult.But the boy inside it was ten. At ten, I believed walls had feelings.Not because they spoke, but because they noticed. Especially the wall in the rented house we moved into after Mummy died. It wasn’t her house, and yet, for a … Continue reading But My Smile Still Stays On
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What December Still Knows
A grown man revisits the boy who learned loss in the season of joy. Every year, December arrives like a familiar visitor… carrying light, carrying music, carrying an ache that never truly leaves me. It begins with a hush inside my chest, the kind that comes before a memory rises. December is the month my … Continue reading What December Still Knows
The Teacher Who Taught Without a Classroom
How My First Teacher’s Love Lives On (A Story of Strength, Sacrifice, and Unconditional Love) The first teacher I ever had wasn’t just my best teacher; she was the anchor of my life. She didn’t stand at a blackboard or hand out assignments. Instead, she taught me with a depth of care and love that … Continue reading The Teacher Who Taught Without a Classroom
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