Category: Family & Parenting

SHUT UP AND LISTEN

Most of us rush through spaces, our minds preoccupied and our eyes barely registering what’s in front of us. But there’s magic in paying attention, in being mindful of the small details that make every moment unique.

WHO WAS RIGHT? ME OR EDDIE?

Throughout my life, well for 45 years, I had worked and never taken a sickie. I paid my taxes. Directly or indirectly, 50 per cent of everything I earned had gone to the Westminster regime. I was not free. I was a serf working on a plantation for that Westminster glutton.

NEVER MESS WITH OLD FOLK

The room fell into stunned silence. Even the nurse, standing at the foot of the bed, couldn’t help but comment. ‘Wow,’ she said, visibly impressed. ‘Your husband must have been an extraordinary man to leave behind so much property.’

THE BEST LOVE STORY EVER

One day, she succumbed to her illness, leaving him heartbroken. After performing her last rites, he decided to leave their town to start anew. As he was about to leave, a neighbor, concerned, asked, ‘How will you manage on your own now? Your wife used to guide you everywhere.’