Life in England

The last few months have been tough. The three of us have been juggling an array of emotions as we prepare our journey back home. The liberty of a leisure Sunday stroll into town has now been swapped with packing.  We are slowly finding new homes for… Read more: Saying Goodbye to England

The trials and tribulations of finding my new role within the National Health Service (NHS) and the things I learned along the way.

From youngest to oldest, personal reflections on our first year living in England Alvin- Written in his own words, edited ever so slightly for ease of reading Our street, Honeysuckle, has a bunch of children even children all the way down the street like Tommy, Riley, Ed,… Read more: A year later…

The day Governor Inslee closed down the schools in Washington State was the last normal day I can recall. I was holding Alvin’s jacket as he was playing at the school playground. I wanted to leave, get home and start planning a solution to the crisis. I… Read more: Giving ourselves space to heal

Jumping Out I clearly remember the day I first read those words. I was twenty three, in Kolkata sitting in a WiFi café, hiding from the heat, catching up on emails. Then my father’s email appeared with a simple remark “glad you jumped out of you fishbowl.”… Read more: Why England?

We have fallen into the middle. The part of life that is routine, basic and possibly boring. The things which make up childhoods, things we do not deem important but are at the core of who we become. Alvin Alvin’s routine consists of waking us up by… Read more: The middle of life

COVID vaccine

Last Saturday, just as we finished dinner and started on a game of Bananagrams we heard the “thump, thump, thump” of someone at the door. I was in the living room away from the front door setting up our beloved game and I asked Gary who was… Read more: Life after Isolation

Quarantine Life