Meet Me at the Sea
It’s not uncommon, the feeling I get. Twitchy brain cells, unsettled spirit. I find myself awake early, making a plan, warning the husband: Today, I need to see the sea. In Ireland, we tend to talk about the rain. It’s always somewhere hanging about, just waiting to ruin a perfectly good picnic or nearly-dry laundry […]
Steadfast as the Water
White sand beaches, streets of Western bars and restaurants, yet another hotel under construction. These are not the pastoral scenes I idealized as a little girl dreaming of being a cross-cultural worker. When I signed up for the seemingly perfect service role, this is not at all what I imagined. And yet, to this broken […]
Trust the Water to Hold You
I love floating on my back. I love the weightlessness I feel when I’m on the water. I love the way my sense of hearing becomes momentarily muted. I love the way I’m free to focus on breathing. In and out, in and out, in and out. I close my eyes and don sunglasses to […]