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The legacy we leave behind
Yesterday, my sister Miriam Garvi wrote a post at the Vision Pioneers Blog that really touched me. Nature (and the senseless abuse of limited resources) has been on my mind lately and the way our...
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Looking for Food Alternatives under a Beautiful Swedish Sky
Since arriving in Sweden, I’ve had a hard time adjusting to the food culture that the food industry has been pushing for a long period of time now. I never used to think so much about what I bought...
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Discovering the Little Things
Despite it being the least developed country in the world, I always miss Niger when I’m away. It doesn’t matter how well functioning my native Sweden is on the outside – I miss the simplicity of the...
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Understanding the Holocaust
My sister and father came back yesterday from an overwhelming twelve day journey to Poland. For the past year, my sister has been working on a book project about a fascinating Norwegian person who had...
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My mother’s birthday
It’s my mother’s birthday today. She would have been 57 years old. It’s the day before taking the flight to Africa, but it’s still a special day. Her day. Like any daughter, I would have given a lot...
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Forgotten moments…
Although I decided a long time ago that I would stop celebrating our baby critters’ monthly birthdays after their first year, it’s seems next to impossible to forgo a well defined habit. The first of...
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Listen to your heart
Breathe. Little child, who stands by the edge of reason, remember to breathe. You were not brought here to be alone. Do not be afraid. You will not lose foothold against the strong winds. Just...
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Women of My Heart
Mormor. If I could just turn back time, I would come and sit at your table. I would share a Swedish fika with you and I would listen to your heart. It was so beautiful. Mormor, my very own dearest...
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White as Snow
Everywhere I’ve been this past week, I’ve seen snow. Beautiful white snow. It is the kind that adults talk about and children dream about. Pure white snow. Inbetween the beautiful and the pure, there...
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The Heart of the Artichoke
There is beauty in everything, even though we often don’t stop to look for it. I never expected to find such beauty in the heart of an artichoke, but I’m glad I did. Those are the little moments I...
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When Daylight Turns into Night
There’s a song that my heart has started to sing whenever tragedy occurs. It’s a love song of sacrifice; a song of walking the narrow road no matter the price, even if darkness seems to swallow all the...
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Hot & Sticky!
My least favourite month of the Nigerien calender is June, the month that so often gets caught between the peak of hot season and the beautiful rainy season. Since a week back, our days are hot and...
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The Road Ahead
I have had reason to review my life these past few weeks, …and the process made me realised that it wasn’t long ago that my life was everything I wanted. 2009 was a year of sunshine, …life quality…...
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Forgiveness
When my walls of defense are all I have left You ask me to open the door And forgive When my silence and my space is all that protects me You ask me to speak And invite in When my crusted heart is all...
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