For the past one and half years, when I quit my job and that was not just being a journalist but giving up my beloved health column at the Sunday Observer, I thought I'll never be worth the same self I was.
In a nutshell, the column was a secret success and my baby. I would never forget the day a foster parent called me to save their foster son by asking for a telephone number of a disability-specialist doctor I interviewed. Had it not been for my article and the interview their son's life wouldn't have been saved!
That was the former me....the me I missed....!
But how wrong I was!
Not only am I worth so much as a wife but I mean the world to my son. And that's the best job ever, being a mother...! It's the most difficult, most gruelling, most difficult job in the world but it is also the most rewarding, most priceless and most wonderful job I have been so blessed to ever have.
However, I never thought that I would have an impact on people in different ways.
I met Tanya and Claire through Internations (a world-wide expat group). I thought since I'll be in Peru for 4 years, I might as well go ahead and make friends of my own....not just the ones in the diplomatic circles!
Tanya is loads of fun and Claire, I just met her once before but we got on really well. Claire is intelligent, bright and has a sharp mind. I found her so interesting...!
So I just randomly invited them over for tea last Thursday. Claire brought her lovely boyfriend Jorge too!
I never knew that inviting such a random bunch of people, they would get on like a house on fire. Jorge's attempt at English was really commendable.
And here, I was worried there would be some drama....!
I never knew that Claire felt somewhat like I do. Being an alien but still being optimistic to carry on and make an effort to be positive.
She puts her thoughts and experiences the best and you can read her post on my tea party here
Seriously, it made my day and I hope she finds it in her to be positive and think that not all expats are hoity-toity snobbish airheads! I mean there are plenty but it's the good ones, the diamonds in the roughs that make all the difference.
So I'm definitely doing another tea party....especially since they all loved my food!
In a nutshell, the column was a secret success and my baby. I would never forget the day a foster parent called me to save their foster son by asking for a telephone number of a disability-specialist doctor I interviewed. Had it not been for my article and the interview their son's life wouldn't have been saved!
That was the former me....the me I missed....!
But how wrong I was!
Not only am I worth so much as a wife but I mean the world to my son. And that's the best job ever, being a mother...! It's the most difficult, most gruelling, most difficult job in the world but it is also the most rewarding, most priceless and most wonderful job I have been so blessed to ever have.
However, I never thought that I would have an impact on people in different ways.
I met Tanya and Claire through Internations (a world-wide expat group). I thought since I'll be in Peru for 4 years, I might as well go ahead and make friends of my own....not just the ones in the diplomatic circles!
Tanya is loads of fun and Claire, I just met her once before but we got on really well. Claire is intelligent, bright and has a sharp mind. I found her so interesting...!
So I just randomly invited them over for tea last Thursday. Claire brought her lovely boyfriend Jorge too!
I never knew that inviting such a random bunch of people, they would get on like a house on fire. Jorge's attempt at English was really commendable.
And here, I was worried there would be some drama....!
I never knew that Claire felt somewhat like I do. Being an alien but still being optimistic to carry on and make an effort to be positive.
She puts her thoughts and experiences the best and you can read her post on my tea party here
Seriously, it made my day and I hope she finds it in her to be positive and think that not all expats are hoity-toity snobbish airheads! I mean there are plenty but it's the good ones, the diamonds in the roughs that make all the difference.
So I'm definitely doing another tea party....especially since they all loved my food!
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