Grace is not something I possess.
It is something I long for.
Grace Kelly was graceful; so much so that it is her namesake! Audrey Hepburn was graceful; she defined the style of a generation. Helen Mirren is graceful; I’d be a happy girl if I could muster that kind of quiet strength. Julie Christie is graceful; [...]
Entries from January 2008
January 28, 2008
Hope for me yet!
January 17, 2008
pure and radiant
“a person asked a rabbi why the truth was written on our hearts, he said so that when our heart breaks the truth can fall in…since there is no more fertile a place than inside a broken heart.” – this was sent to me by a friend (she too doesn’t know the origin)
A heart can [...]
January 12, 2008
wise words
he deserves better than me.
in retrospect, i’ve uttered some unfortunate words. i believed them at the time, i’ve since learned from my mistake. not one i intend on repeating. at the time though, i allowed myself to think that there were expectations i couldn’t meet. that it was possible to care for someone so much [...]
January 7, 2008
truth 01
“when it comes to love, there are a million theories to explain it. but when it comes to love stories, things are simpler. a love story can never be about full possession. love stories depend upon disappointment, on unequal births and feuding families, on matrimonial boredom and at least one cold heart. love stories, nearly [...]
January 6, 2008
the fickle finger of friendship
Think about that one person who knows the words in your head before the synapses in your brain have fired in order to vocalize them.
That one individual who conspires with life to say the right things as the tears start flowing or the laughter erupts or the happiness surges.
The one friend who manages to knock [...]
January 3, 2008
bright shiny things
Walking out of the warm subway into the frigid air, which quite literally took my breath away, I walked into the valley between the nondescript midtown buildings that house me for nine hours a day. The same walk I’ve taken for the past year. I looked down to shield me from the cold that was [...]
