Leaving the Nest (And My Sanity) Behind, With a Fragrant Leap of Faith

Hari ini datang juga, an epilogue for my 12 years of career in natural ingredients. Ada yang bilang, kalau kita sudah merasa terlalu nyaman di satu tempat, itu tandanya kita sudah berhenti tumbuh. Tapi masalahnya, tumbuh itu sakit, ya? Apalagi kalau kita sudah punya safe space  dalam berkarir sendiri selama 12 tahun, tempat aku dimana ngerasa kay…

Hari ini datang juga, an epilogue for my 12 years of career in natural ingredients. Ada yang bilang, kalau kita sudah merasa terlalu nyaman di satu tempat, itu tandanya kita sudah berhenti tumbuh. T…

Ep. 12 - Betting on Your Own Safety Net

This article is part of the series: Advice from a Sister from Another Mother A collection of honest reflections and practical lessons from a 30-something to her 20-something sisters—about love, sel…

Day Hundreds and Eight

I keep losing track of the days since you left, Mama. Grief is weird like that time stretches, shrinks, folds itself into useless origami, and somehow I’m the one who has to make sense of it. I need …

Day Seventy Eight

Today is day Seventy Eight. I thought the last few weeks I got better, but grief keeps leaking, somewhere between the songs on the radio and when I revisit the picture and video from August 19th. I n…