* I was reading through my google doc journals and found something I wrote ten years ago when I was 30 and 7-months pregnant with twin girls: November 3, 2015   The Source of Life   I've heard the quote, “Behind every strong man is a strong woman;” if there is truth to that statement, then could we also say, "Behind a weak man is a weak(end) woman?” When reading about wars of the past and wars of today, I instantly wonder why women are harassed and then ruled with iron hands.

Pens. Lots of them. My grandfather, Jiddo Jamil, loved to collect pen and to receive and give them as gifts. Whenever I took him to the...

Tunis, Tunisia 11-28-2024 It was my last night in Tunis, a city in a country I fell in love with. The people were genuinely good and...

I sat on the grass as the rain poured over me. Hard. It’s that time of year in Tampa when rain pours every single day. Each drop fell to heal a different wound -- wounds so deep I had forgotten they existed. Wounds I carried. Wounds the earth carried. Stories merged into one vast web: my stories and others’. Salty and unsalted drops ran down my face.  I was cleansing in the rain for God knows how many times in two years. This cleanse, however, was different. It wasn’t sitting

There is a growing movement on the power of setting an intention to light your path. This modern emphasis has helped me understand...

Friday May 17, 2024 - Trabzon, Turkiye I had just hiked down from a very high monastery built from mountain rock dedicated to the Virgin...

I had a 19 hour layover in Casablanca on my way back to Miami after spending a month touring Turkiye, driving from Istanbul to the...