Skip to content
  • @maya_jag
In My Words

Tag: Life

Graduation and gratitude

Jun 7, 2019 adminEducation

Have you ever been in one place but felt like your heart was somewhere else? It doesn’t happen to me often. But it did a few weeks ago, and I was gutted. It was the[…]

Continue reading …

“… a work of heart”

May 28, 2019 adminLife in South Africa

I didn’t expect to be writing again so soon and I certainly did not expect to be writing about this… But there are some experiences that are life-changing in more ways than one. On the[…]

Continue reading …

Cries for help…

Feb 12, 2019Feb 12, 2019 adminLife in South Africa

Pregnancy Awareness Week began with loud cries for help, literally, in South Africa. In Newlands East, Durban, near the place I call home, a new life was born. Far from being swathed in a warm[…]

Continue reading …

Friends

Dec 15, 2018Dec 15, 2018 adminPersonal

When real situations expose fake friendships… Sounds a bit harsh, doesn’t it? That thought crossed my mind too, many times. Seriously, I cannot count how many times I have started this post and then stopped.[…]

Continue reading …

Driven by drama

May 16, 2018 adminEducation

It started off as a casual conversation on the way home from school. I try not to ask my son the usual questions – what did you learn etc. But opt for the – what[…]

Continue reading …

You

May 12, 2018 adminUncategorized

You. Yes, you. You do realise They are watching you, Right? Some stare. Others throw a cursory glance. Either way, They will judge you. No matter what, They will form opinions About you. Damned if[…]

Continue reading …

Life Update

May 1, 2018 adminPersonal

There will always be winds of change blowing. It’s how we respond to them, or not, that matters. I embraced the changes that were sweeping through my life after hanging up my headphones at the[…]

Continue reading …

Going back to square one

Apr 15, 2018 adminUncategorized

This is a continuation of a previous post/chapter. You can read it here. Red Roses Then, as if the pull of gravity finally aligned itself, her eyelids glided down. Her eyes were closed, but her[…]

Continue reading …

Home is…

Feb 19, 2018 adminEntertainment

Home. I have always loved the feeling of home.  I recall telling my sister recently that when I sleep at the home I share with my husband and child, I sometimes feel like I’m sleeping[…]

Continue reading …

Imagined Enemies

Feb 11, 2018 adminUncategorized

Imagined enemies Are nowhere greater, Than in your own head. That voice of doom Telling you that you cannot, When you know you can. The voice that restrains you, And keeps you in check, When[…]

Continue reading …

Posts navigation

Older posts
Newer posts
  • Home
  • Contact
  • About
  • Life in South Africa
  • Personal
  • Entertainment
  • Politics
  • Parenting
  • Environment
  • Poetry
  • Education

Follow Me

  • twitter
  • email-alt

Recent Comments

  • admin on ASAP
  • Suvarna on ASAP
  • Suvarna on Sabr and Shukr continued…
  • S Durgapersad on In Her Honour
  • admin on In Her Honour

Archives

  • Mar 2026
  • Dec 2025
  • Nov 2025
  • Jul 2025
  • Apr 2025
  • Dec 2024
  • Oct 2024
  • Aug 2024
  • Jul 2024
  • Mar 2024
  • Jan 2024
  • Dec 2023
  • Aug 2023
  • Jul 2023
  • Jun 2023
  • Mar 2023
  • Dec 2022
  • Oct 2022
  • Aug 2022
  • Jul 2022
  • May 2022
  • Apr 2022
  • Mar 2022
  • Jan 2022
  • Dec 2021
  • Nov 2021
  • Oct 2021
  • Sep 2021
  • Aug 2021
  • Jun 2021
  • Apr 2021
  • Mar 2021
  • Jan 2021
  • Dec 2020
  • Nov 2020
  • Oct 2020
  • Sep 2020
  • Jun 2020
  • May 2020
  • Apr 2020
  • Mar 2020
  • Feb 2020
  • Jan 2020
  • Dec 2019
  • Nov 2019
  • Oct 2019
  • Sep 2019
  • Aug 2019
  • Jul 2019
  • Jun 2019
  • May 2019
  • Apr 2019
  • Mar 2019
  • Feb 2019
  • Jan 2019
  • Dec 2018
  • Nov 2018
  • Oct 2018
  • Sep 2018
  • Aug 2018
  • Jul 2018
  • Jun 2018
  • May 2018
  • Apr 2018
  • Mar 2018
  • Feb 2018
  • Jan 2018
  • Dec 2017
  • Nov 2017
  • Oct 2017
  • Sep 2017
  • Aug 2017
  • Jul 2017

Categories

  • Education
  • Entertainment
  • Environment
  • Life in South Africa
  • Parenting
  • Personal
  • Poetry
  • Politics
  • Uncategorized

Recent Posts

  • In My Eyes
  • To being brave
  • Channelling my anger
  • ASAP
  • Sabr and Shukr continued…

Site designed by Simone Gobin (NIYASH)

Proudly powered by WordPress | Theme: Oblique by Themeisle.