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A photo with Charlie! I grew up asthmatic. As a kid, when I play, I didn't enjoy the idea of having to run back home after a good time with friends because I was having difficulty breathing. This is why I've consciously avoided rigorous activities. I have also shunned away from an important activity that has many great benefits but many of us find tiring to do - working out. Then, one day, in October 2018, an Instagram page called The Pilates MVMT followed my account. Intrigued about what it was, I visited their IG page. To my pleasant surprise, I fell in love at first sight with the photos. They showed beautiful and subtle plants inside a studio. The place seemed serene. Next, I googled what Pilates was about. After reading and learning about it, I decided to change my life for the better. It was when I said: "I'm going to try exercising. I'm going to do Pilates." So I did. And I have no regrets! It was because of The Pilates MVMT and the instructor named J...

Beautiful image from Oriol Angrill Jordà | IG: @oriolangrill | Website: oriolangrill.com You're struggling to make sense of the world around you now. Everything seems topsy-turvy. The fire that once blazed inside your soul is fading; the drive that you had deep within you is decelerating. You wanted this year to be the time to upgrade yourself. To change for the better. So, you filled your life with a list - containing the plans you have for yourself - ready to be ticked off, ready to be conquered. Better career, learn new skills, date that special someone, travel to a place you've always dreamed of, start a new outlook in life. Zest and hope flowed in your veins. Inspiration was abundant anywhere you look.  Then, all of a sudden, a black out happens. Everything goes dark. A few moments passed and there's light again. Only this time, you look around and realize the world has changed. Now, life is different. Your sadness is unmistakably filling up to the brim. I feel your s...

A mother's love is the strongest force I've ever come to face. The kind of love that seems to withstand any challenges, any obstacles, any fears for the family's sake. A mother's love bears all hardships and melt them into a gentle care. You can feel it by the way they touch you, how they speak to you, and how they see you. It's as though they've never been hit by a terrible storm in their lives. It makes you ask: " How can this person can still be so gentle despite what life has done to her?" .  A mother's love makes her smile warmly. This love radiates. It makes her glow. Whatever troubles her, her love immensely overpowers it. Sometimes it makes you wonder. "Am I even worthy of receiving my mother's love?" . So many times have I felt I wasn't a good daughter to her. There were many moments when I would push back, fight, and shout for what I think is correct. It pains her I know. It hurts her. But a mother's love is stronger...

A wise man once told me, "You have to try playing more games with other people. The more defeats that you experience, the more you grow your patience, and the more you'll strive to become better at the game." I jokingly rolled my eyes at his advice, feeling bitter about losing in an online game we both were playing. Then, I shrugged my shoulders and decided to move on, laughing at the experience. Well, if you had not already guessed, the wise man in this story is Alex. 😉 Gaming as our pastime and a hobby. One thing about me is that I get quite frustrated when I lose. Being someone competitive, I like to win and I put it in my effort to make sure it happens. However, because I give it my best and still taste the bitterness of losing, it then makes me feel irritable. That's why when I started immersing myself more in the world of gaming, I became vulnerable to the bitter taste of defeat. A taste I didn't like. Along the way, I came to realize ...

Goodreads Summary "Morgan Grant and her sixteen-year-old daughter, Clara, would like nothing more than to be nothing alike. Morgan is determined to prevent her daughter from making the same mistakes she did. By getting pregnant and married way too young, Morgan put her own dreams on hold. Clara doesn’t want to follow in her mother’s footsteps. Her predictable mother doesn’t have a spontaneous bone in her body. With warring personalities and conflicting goals, Morgan and Clara find it increasingly difficult to coexist. The only person who can bring peace to the household is Chris—Morgan’s husband, Clara’s father, and the family anchor. But that peace is shattered when Chris is involved in a tragic and questionable accident. The heartbreaking and long-lasting consequences will reach far beyond just Morgan and Clara. While struggling to rebuild everything that crashed around them, Morgan finds comfort in the last person she expects to, and Clara turns to the one boy she...