I really wanted a child. I felt as if I needed to care for someone other than my husband. Something natural yet selfish about it. I just...

I have always had a funny relationship with money. I need it to survive (who doesn't?), but I hate the effect it has on me. I have been...

Ukraine is a country so disconnected from Indonesia, by both geography and culture. However, it happens to be very close to me. My...

May, 1998. That era would stick onto my brain forever. I was 11 years old. I was still in primary school, still very young and I...

Unlike my mother, I gave birth to my daughter. It was a c-section, because apparently I'm too skinny and the baby wouldn't turn around....

My parents didn't tell me that I was adopted until I was 17. The reason was that my father was so scared to communicate it to me, he was...

Years ago, I was back in Indonesia after spending 5 years in Australia. I decided to leave Australia after my mother’s cancer diagnosis...

I’ve been meaning to put together a piece of writing that concludes all (or at least most) of my observations of my experiences as a...