Azalia Suhaimi
- Mar 26, 2020
Sunlight
If there is a takeaway I have greatly benefited from this season, it must be the art of gratitude. And even saying that makes me sad because gratitude should be something ingrained in my skin for every little moment, every single one, good or bad.
My mind has been bogged down by heavy thoughts about the world. I am lucky now to be able to think of things to do at home, to be able to write a story from them, to be able to try a trending coffee recipe, to be able to play with
Azalia Suhaimi
- Mar 25, 2020
Stars (A Tribute to the Frontliners)
As the world darkens, don't forget to count the stars, you'd be surprised to see so many of them shining a little brighter tonight, you might possibly lose count. And not just the ones in the night sky, but the ones hard at work on the ground - the doctors, the nurses, the janitors, the police and army forces, the garbage collectors, the supermarket workers, the ones who deliver our meals and our mails, the ones who deliver love in tough times, the ones risking their lives, t
Azalia Suhaimi
- Mar 24, 2020
Footsteps
The world may seem quieter these days,
you would wonder if it’s pausing for a hug,
if it’s embracing you with a kind of stillness you had never discovered,
if recent raindrops had showered the earth with an extra lullaby,
and you would wonder
if the pavements leading to the school hallway,
the roundabouts you‘d usually circle to get your toddler to nap,
and the wide open fields that welcomed your first cartwheels
are doing okay
and if they remember the sound of your footsteps
Azalia Suhaimi
- Mar 23, 2020
Grocery
Maybe the grocery list isn't just "butter bread juice" Maybe if we read between the lines, just maybe, we might find the tired handwriting singing out loud - "I want to bake you your favourite cake," "and even if I don't, I still want you smiling and safe," "I love you, stay safe."
Azalia Suhaimi
- Mar 21, 2020
Together
Here’s to discovering a new favourite corner of our home, here’s to discovering the favourite corners of the sunlight, here’s to discovering a song to dance to in the living room, here’s to discovering different ways to make coffee, here’s to discovering the right music accompanying the rhythm of our hands as they whisk a trending coffee mixture, here’s to an added step on a skin care routine, here’s to discovering a daily routine that works, here’s to discovering a daily rou
Azalia Suhaimi
- Mar 21, 2020
Phone Call (A Tribute to Everyone Battling Covid-19)
Today's writing prompt is "Phone Call" and since it's World Poetry Day today, I decided to record myself reciting the poem I wrote. This piece is a tribute to everyone battling Covid-19 in any way at all - the frontiners, the patients and families of patients, the ones facing tough times financially, the ones facing tough times emotionally, the ones who are separated by your loved ones, and simply everyone. This is for us. I hope this reaches your heart. Happy World Poetry Da
Azalia Suhaimi
- Mar 20, 2020
Refrigerator
They say that the doors we are presented with in life are the first checkpoints to tiers of lessons we’ll need to survive, and it’s funny how I’ve started feeling the same way with the refrigerator door - the way I no longer swing it open for the cold bowl of grapes I thought I needed, but for the carton of milk I’d pour into my children’s bowl of cereal, before I stumble upon the bottle of my mother’s favourite fruit juice and I’d wonder when I’d get to share it with her aga
Azalia Suhaimi
- Mar 19, 2020
Home
I guess in between all these uncertainties, the headlines we dread, the despair in the comments, the confusion these things bring, I guess in between all of these, I am grateful that we are home, I am grateful to have my daughter's smile as my only piece of good news for the day, I am grateful that we will all be a part of saving somebody's life and the way how when all of this ends, the earth too will finally feel at home.
Azalia Suhaimi
- Mar 18, 2020
Stay Home and Write
How are you? We sure are living in confusing times now, and I have to admit, in between trying our best to hold on to hope and positivity, it sure can be overwhelming to consume bad news every other hour of the day.
Here’s how I’m surviving for now: shifting all our toddler tables to the backyard so the kids and ourselves can get some fresh air during meal times and playtime. And, I write. Writing has always been an amazing therapy for me.
I decided, to cope in between th
Azalia Suhaimi
- Mar 16, 2020
Pandemic (A Poem)
It may seem as if we were never quite prepared for this - this pandemic, this panic we wish we'd skipped, the possibility of falling sick (well God forbid) - it may seem as if we were never quite prepared for this, but not until we realize that a mother's heart is always prepared for more reasons to protect her child, and somewhere in between running out of things to do, somewhere in between wondering if we should stock up our favourite boxes of comfort food, we'll be glad to
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