AJ Gabriel
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FARTHER I ROAM, CLOSER TO HOME.
The little aeroplane on the in-flight screen had been crawling across the map for hours, stubbornly…
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What’s Inside My Nursing Work Bag (Minus the Lunchbox)
There’s something strangely intimate and telling about what you carry in your work bag—especially when you’re…
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THE DAY WAS OVER. I WASN’T.
By the time I closed the front door behind me, the hospital was technically miles away,…
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Asia Asia FOOD HALL (Birmingham)
About A Foodie’s Treasure Trove In the heart of Birmingham, nestled between the Bullring Shopping Centre…
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Redefining Motherhood in My 30s
On My Own Timeline There is a particular kind of interrogation that seems to arrive with…
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A Day at Burntwood’s Alpacas and Animal Farm
My partner and I went to Burntwood’s Alpacas and Animal Farm expecting a simple afternoon with…
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NOT EVERY FIRE NEEDED MY BUCKET.
The first spark was embarrassingly small. A comment. Nothing dramatic, no shattered glass, raised voices or…
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SOME DAYS ONLY SURVIVE AS SENTENCES.
I cannot remember what I ate that day. I cannot remember what I wore, whether the…
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Paws and Peace
MILLIE Where the Quiet Lives: A Poem for Millie In the hush between two busy days,you…
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THE ANSWER CAME DRESSED AS A DETOUR.
“At first, I did not recognise it as an answer.” The road had narrowed without warning,…
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Mama Lucy at 84
There are people whose love feels like sunlight — warm, steady, and life-giving. For me, that…
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Light Shop — A Luminous Mystery that Haunts the Soul
Where the Light Waits: A Personal Reflection on Light Shop There are shows that entertain you.There…