still chocolate dipped!

We went for Hajj for a total of 28 days, including the days we self-quarantined before reuniting with the kids. During those 28 days, Hajihaji requested only one thing from me -- that I had to refrain from updating my socials over that period of time...

 ... is a Japanese idiom, which roughly translates to "one time, one meeting - an encounter that only happens once in a lifetime", which is perhaps the single most important idiom that kept me from taking things for granted, especially in that...

Can you believe it, it's been a little over a year since we hopped on a plane back home?I can hardly believe how fast time has flown by, and all of the seasons we've had to go through since we returned.I sometimes wonder where that wondrous, adventure...

 ... is what my friend recently wrote on IG.And while at first blush it seems as if my friend had given up on life, she had actually not. On the contrary, while she was resigned to the fact that her life is what it is, and that she had made peace with...