She was brought to the hospital the following morning and the doctors performed a battery of tests which revealed high beta amyloid levels and decreased temporal brain volume~ indicative of Alzheimer’s which rarely occurs at such a young age. I touched the tarnished wooden door, the last in the hallway of one of the mostContinue reading “Alzheimer’s – Lessons from my first patient”
Author Archives: Paperback badass
The Netflix Book Tag
I’m back with another great book tag but with a twist! I’ve posted my version of the ‘Netflix book tag’ along with the original ‘Netflix tag’ ~ courtesy ‘Rats’(that’s what I call him!) 1. Recently Watched: The last book you finished reading She says: ‘A discovery of witches’ by Deborah Harkness. I picked itContinue reading “The Netflix Book Tag”
The importance of being jobless
Lets talk about, “The importance of being jobless” Does reading this sentence shock you? Are you afraid to quit your job, because you’re afraid of being jobless? Your mind is probably rejecting this statement. How can being jobless be important? Right from childhood, we’ve been told that its important to be “busy all the time, workContinue reading “The importance of being jobless”
#TAG: the bookish snob
Here’s my first attempt at a tag! Thanks @potterheadaanya for making me try this out! ADAPTATION SNOB: Do you always read the book before watching the film/ TV show? I try my best to. I have been team ‘books are better than the movie’ for as long as I can remember. I mostly don’t botherContinue reading “#TAG: the bookish snob”
The ‘Never Have I Ever’ book tag edition
I have always been into games of all sorts, and I found this really cool book tag game! How many times have we sat in a circle with friends and played a round of ‘Never have I ever’ to wrap up the evening, but never like this! The Rules : Never Have I Ever…read aContinue reading “The ‘Never Have I Ever’ book tag edition”
text messages
labeled worthless in the blink of an eye, in a text amounting to less than a hundred and twenty characters.
Happy Mother’s Day
Tell me how do I fight with my body, when there’s no fight left in my mind? Understanding the diagnosis was hard, chemotherapy was harder, but honestly, becoming myself again was the hardest.I spent countless hours, mulling over the meaning of my existence, reliving, in my thoughts, each experience that I had once cherished. ItContinue reading “Happy Mother’s Day”
I was crazy about you
happy, yet untrusting In between nights filled with intriguing yet light hearted conversation and mornings with your charasmatically crooked smile, it was impossible to tell when you became mesmerizedwith me, and I couldn’t believe that I was capable of making someone feel that way.Despite the risk of sounding cliche, I admit that you taught meContinue reading “I was crazy about you”
one bullet was easier than therapy
He was, “as simple as quantum physics.” What was he like?He was, “as simple as quantum physics“, he’d often say. He could made you feel like you were crazy, and like he was crazy, but he also made you feel like you were genius, maybe because he was a genius.I never dared to make senseContinue reading “one bullet was easier than therapy”
the paperback badass 