Living in this seaside place I’ve become a bit of a sunset/sunrise addict. I can’t get enough of watching the spectrum of colors illuminate the sky as a new day dawns, or another day rests its weary head. Both are lovely in their own way, and offer a gift to its viewer. Recently I spent time reflecting on WHY I love this cyclic occurrence as much as I do. Why have they become important? Why…
After I was hired for my position here in Turkey and shared my impending move with family and friends, I was repeatedly asked the following questions, “Are you sure? Is it safe there?” A former colleague inquired about my state of mental health, saying something along the lines of, “I’m worried about Heather. What is she thinking…..going to Turkey!?!” My immediate family members did not express deep concern (if they had it) but those a…
It starts sometime in elementary or middle school–a romantic or more-than-friendship interest in another human being. And once it starts, it rarely seems to stop. Flirtation. Crushes. First boy/girlfriends. Unrequited obsessions. Dates. Romances. Relationships. In recent weeks I’ve found myself in a recurring conversation. It started with my sister and best friend. In one of our daily WhatsApp conversations she commented that she’d had X number of relationships in her lifetime and reflected on their…