I had been registered on dating sites for some time and had experienced a few strange encounters, but what happened this time surpassed everything! Deniz and I met a few weeks ago and immediately hit it off. She was kind and charming, and as she said herself, even my silly jokes made her laugh. Not…
If we take a closer look at city streets, train stations or airports, we can notice almost everywhere the short and mysterious combination of letters “WC”. For many people it has become a simple indication of a toilet, but few wonder where this abbreviation comes from and why it is still used worldwide. Its history…
Sixteen years ago, when I was 56 and still moving from one rented apartment to another, my son Mark did something I never could have. At 29, he bought a simple, single-story house for his wife Melissa and their little daughter Emma. He was a builder — with calloused hands and big dreams. “Mom,” he…
Yesterday, after the usual shopping at the supermarket, I carefully arranged the groceries in the fridge. Among the everyday purchases was a lemon I intended to add to my evening tea. It all seemed like a normal routine, a small detail hardly worth noticing. But sometimes it is precisely these simple moments that turn into…