Finding Joy

Finding Joy

I’m a middle-aged dad with three teens. My mother still asks if I have eaten

There is something moving about being almost 50 and knowing that someone has cooked an entire dish simply because you like it, says the writer.

Finding Joy

Why I read 400 books in a year, then stopped

The writer’s crocheted creations include a chunky bag and a Labubu outfit.

Finding Joy

Coming back to my childhood companion – Harry Potter – as an adult

The writer with her copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which she is intentionally taking her time to finish.

Finding Joy

She was blind. And in a 21km race, she waited for me to finish together

The writer discovered that the people he thought he was helping were actually helping him too.

Finding Joy

A few hundred dives and still spellbound by the underwater world

The writer observes a mola mola in waters off Bali, Indonesia.

Finding Joy

Climbing the stairs instead of taking the lift was the best decision I made

Overcoming the inertia took more than willpower, said the writer.

Finding Joy

Pinned under a 240kg motorcycle, two good Samaritans saved me

The writer riding at Dongao Bay, Taiwan.

Finding Joy

Japan is lovely as a tourist. Working there is another thing altogether

On the writer’s first day at work, the cultural realities hit her like a bullet train.

Finding Joy

A cancer diagnosis and other health woes hit me just before my birthday. I celebrated anyway

A video montage of photographs from the writer’s life screened during her birthday party.

Finding Joy

A broken boy lost in depression, he emerged 20 years later as a content father

The darkness of a severe depression can feel absolute, but it is not permanent, says the writer.

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