AJ Gabriel
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Same Ground
This morning began with the strange awareness that this is my last rest day. There is…
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Between Things
I am writing this outside the WMI Building, waiting for my BLS training to start. My…
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Borrowed Magic
It is my day off today, and I have spent an unreasonable amount of time looking…
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One More Ordinary Days
It is raining tonight. I can hear the steady tapping against the window while my fingers…
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Becoming
What’s a promise you made to yourself that you’ve actually kept? Some promises are made out…
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Norway, You Became More Than a Place
A Little Farther North I have always thought birthdays have a strange way of making us…
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Simple Days
Life Lately | May 27, 2026 (A Late Post) Some days are not extraordinary, yet they…
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God’s Timing
In His Time If I could sit across from my twenty-year-old self today, perhaps somewhere over…
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Why Visit Bridgnorth?
Why Bridgnorth Feels Like a Town Forgotten by Time There are places in England that feel…
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JUNE AND JULY 2026
And just like that, the months leading to my birthday are slowly unfolding again. It honestly…
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Everything Happens For A Reason
The Things We Cannot Explain There was a time when I held onto the phrase “everything…
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Guided By Grace
There was a time when I thought having direction in life meant knowing exactly where I…
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What to See in the Cotswolds in One Day
Somewhere between the first turn of the road and the soft roll of the hills, it…
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Seasons of Becoming
“Put down roots where you are planted.” I didn’t understand that line when I first arrived…
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More Than What We Post
Outside the Screen I woke up this morning and, almost automatically, reached for my phone. I…
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Life, Unposted
I didn’t realise how much time had quietly slipped by until I noticed the absence of…
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Unfiltered truth
In a world that rewards perfection, honesty feels like rebellion. I sometimes wonder when being ourselves…
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Becoming a British Citizen
A Story of Staying, Struggling, and Growing I still remember the day I arrived in the…
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My Recent Amazon Haul
They say “life isn’t built in leaps, but in small, steady steps,” and I didn’t fully…
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The Weight of Small Things
I didn’t plan on picking this book up again. It just happened in that quiet, in-between…
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The World Remembers What We Give
There are days when life feels completely random. Days when you do the right thing and…
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From Barangay Gossip to Viral Posts
While scrolling through my iPad one evening, moving absentmindedly from one post to another, I noticed…
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Finding Home in Small Corners
Some mornings carry a certain weight that is difficult to explain. Not sadness exactly, and not…
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Staying Steady
This week felt heavier than usual, not necessarily because anything dramatic happened in my personal life,…
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Sunday Slow Diary: The Kind of Week That Asks You to Stay Still
Before you continue reading, I want you to pause for a moment. How was your week—really?…