Becky Blab

I am grateful to be featured on the Lessons from the Monk I Married Blog as part of the “31 Writers, 31 Lessons” series. Here is an excerpt: Most of us know the familiar tale that we came out of Africa, but do we really understand what this means? This means that all of our [...]

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This whole month has been an extreme time of self-reflection, what with the big birthday and winter hibernation setting in. Before setting my new year’s resolutions, which I never do but thought this is a good time to start, I wanted to look back once more at the previous year before laying it to rest [...]

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This time of year naturally lends itself to reflection: shorter, colder, darker days; falling leaves; annual holidays and approaching winter wonderland. It has now been six months since we left India, and it is hard to believe. Here are six observations or lessons that I have learned in this time. 1. There’s no going back. [...]

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On Saturday I watched the above National Geographic show on The Human Family Tree. I was pleasantly amused to see it was based in my diverse neighborhood of Queens: Astoria. If you ever need a reminder of how we are all one, you should definitely watch it! Seeing the progression of human migrations in the video, [...]

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Disorientation. I’ve been trying to shake this feeling for a while. The feeling of not recognizing my own life. I suppose I’ve always felt like somewhat of an outsider, which came to literal fruition when living as an expat in France, the UK and then India. At least then, I had real reasons to lament [...]

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