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Reading, writing, and living through grief and motherhood. #writingcommunity #vss365 #fromoneline #wildwalkprompt #2wordprompt #gratitude
I can't remember the last time I read a good fiction novel. Tell me your best stories, preferably of imaginary lands and interesting people.
#WritingCommunity
#WritingCommunity
November 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I can't remember the last time I read a good fiction novel. Tell me your best stories, preferably of imaginary lands and interesting people.
#WritingCommunity
#WritingCommunity
If you're a writer on substack, medium, EJ, or your own blog, I want to read your work. Show me what you're passionate about.
November 15, 2025 at 10:56 AM
If you're a writer on substack, medium, EJ, or your own blog, I want to read your work. Show me what you're passionate about.
I’ve been rounding up all the books that I read before and after becoming a mum. One that stayed with me is Being There by Erica Komisar.
I’ve put all my favourites in one spot on Benable if you need a good read: link.benable.com/ejcb4le7to
I’ve put all my favourites in one spot on Benable if you need a good read: link.benable.com/ejcb4le7to
Best Books for Mums: Pregnancy, Postpartum and Motherhood
They say when a child is born, so is a mother. I truly believe in that. In my time, I've turned to books over and over again for validation, support, and guidance through out my own pregnancy, postpar...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:26 AM
I’ve been rounding up all the books that I read before and after becoming a mum. One that stayed with me is Being There by Erica Komisar.
I’ve put all my favourites in one spot on Benable if you need a good read: link.benable.com/ejcb4le7to
I’ve put all my favourites in one spot on Benable if you need a good read: link.benable.com/ejcb4le7to
⛅️ Quote of the day
Haven't we all had those moments where the "road diverged" and both roads ahead are equally fascinating and equally cool? But you take one or the other and your life happens after that.
-Susan Baroncini-Moe
From the novel The Seven Day Switch by Kelly Harms
Haven't we all had those moments where the "road diverged" and both roads ahead are equally fascinating and equally cool? But you take one or the other and your life happens after that.
-Susan Baroncini-Moe
From the novel The Seven Day Switch by Kelly Harms
September 27, 2025 at 4:34 AM
⛅️ Quote of the day
Haven't we all had those moments where the "road diverged" and both roads ahead are equally fascinating and equally cool? But you take one or the other and your life happens after that.
-Susan Baroncini-Moe
From the novel The Seven Day Switch by Kelly Harms
Haven't we all had those moments where the "road diverged" and both roads ahead are equally fascinating and equally cool? But you take one or the other and your life happens after that.
-Susan Baroncini-Moe
From the novel The Seven Day Switch by Kelly Harms
Tears flow like harvest rain
mourning feeds the muddy ground
love hugs closer still
#grief #poetry #writingcommunity #haiku
mourning feeds the muddy ground
love hugs closer still
#grief #poetry #writingcommunity #haiku
September 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Tears flow like harvest rain
mourning feeds the muddy ground
love hugs closer still
#grief #poetry #writingcommunity #haiku
mourning feeds the muddy ground
love hugs closer still
#grief #poetry #writingcommunity #haiku
September 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Friends, I am back on Elephant Journal in a new season of life.
I would love for you to enjoy my most recent piece on motherhood and share it onwards so others feel seen ❤️
#grief #motherhood #writingcommunity @elephantjournal.com
I would love for you to enjoy my most recent piece on motherhood and share it onwards so others feel seen ❤️
#grief #motherhood #writingcommunity @elephantjournal.com
Here’s what I Wasn’t Prepared for before Motherhood. | elephant journal
My mum used to say that motherhood is about sacrifice. "Wait till you become a mum and then you'll know."
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September 10, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Friends, I am back on Elephant Journal in a new season of life.
I would love for you to enjoy my most recent piece on motherhood and share it onwards so others feel seen ❤️
#grief #motherhood #writingcommunity @elephantjournal.com
I would love for you to enjoy my most recent piece on motherhood and share it onwards so others feel seen ❤️
#grief #motherhood #writingcommunity @elephantjournal.com
Without anyone explicitly saying so, you’re expected to stop, with subtle suggestions, “oh, you’ll be far too busy for that now” and “you have more important things to focus on.”
Latest on substack
#motherhood #grief #loneliness
Latest on substack
#motherhood #grief #loneliness
The Loneliness in Motherhood, Reflections, and Meditation
Musings and observations on the vulnerable side of becoming a mum
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September 9, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Without anyone explicitly saying so, you’re expected to stop, with subtle suggestions, “oh, you’ll be far too busy for that now” and “you have more important things to focus on.”
Latest on substack
#motherhood #grief #loneliness
Latest on substack
#motherhood #grief #loneliness
I wrote a piece on food and it was so much fun to write. I've always been a foodie. Nothing I won't try atleast once. Are any of the foods I mention here familiar to you? ☘️
#writingcommunity #substack #writers
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#writingcommunity #substack #writers
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Adventure through food, flavours, and spices
Reflecting on the threads of what brings us together in flavours, spices, and cuisines across cross cultural living and influences.
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September 3, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I wrote a piece on food and it was so much fun to write. I've always been a foodie. Nothing I won't try atleast once. Are any of the foods I mention here familiar to you? ☘️
#writingcommunity #substack #writers
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#writingcommunity #substack #writers
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Grief arrives without a sound,
in places small, where life is found.
A photo slipped from folded years,
a sudden laugh through flowing tears. It does not ask, it does not wait, it bends our paths, rewrites our fate.
#poem #writingcommunity #poet
in places small, where life is found.
A photo slipped from folded years,
a sudden laugh through flowing tears. It does not ask, it does not wait, it bends our paths, rewrites our fate.
#poem #writingcommunity #poet
August 31, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Grief arrives without a sound,
in places small, where life is found.
A photo slipped from folded years,
a sudden laugh through flowing tears. It does not ask, it does not wait, it bends our paths, rewrites our fate.
#poem #writingcommunity #poet
in places small, where life is found.
A photo slipped from folded years,
a sudden laugh through flowing tears. It does not ask, it does not wait, it bends our paths, rewrites our fate.
#poem #writingcommunity #poet
There's quiet quitting, but there's also quiet living. I choose the later.
#writtingcommunity @medium.com
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#writtingcommunity @medium.com
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Hi, I’m Choosing Quiet Living
In An Unexpected Place
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August 29, 2025 at 1:46 AM
There's quiet quitting, but there's also quiet living. I choose the later.
#writtingcommunity @medium.com
medium.com/@fouzfatima/...
#writtingcommunity @medium.com
medium.com/@fouzfatima/...
You were worthy of unconditional love. You were worthy of a safe place amongst safe people who allowed you to make mistakes and caught you when you fell.
#writingcommunity #substack #healing #childhoodtrauma
fouzfatima.substack.com/p/when-the-b...
#writingcommunity #substack #healing #childhoodtrauma
fouzfatima.substack.com/p/when-the-b...
When The Bully Is Your Parent
Our parents have a unique place in our lives.
fouzfatima.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
You were worthy of unconditional love. You were worthy of a safe place amongst safe people who allowed you to make mistakes and caught you when you fell.
#writingcommunity #substack #healing #childhoodtrauma
fouzfatima.substack.com/p/when-the-b...
#writingcommunity #substack #healing #childhoodtrauma
fouzfatima.substack.com/p/when-the-b...
Mothering without your mum is a blend of inheritance and innovation. You carry forward her guidance, apply it to your own circumstances, and in doing so, your child experiences the care, values, and lessons she once gave you.
My vulnerable essay on substack❤️
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My vulnerable essay on substack❤️
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Mothering without your mother
Embracing motherhood while honouring the memories of your mum
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August 25, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Mothering without your mum is a blend of inheritance and innovation. You carry forward her guidance, apply it to your own circumstances, and in doing so, your child experiences the care, values, and lessons she once gave you.
My vulnerable essay on substack❤️
open.substack.com/pub/fouzfati...
My vulnerable essay on substack❤️
open.substack.com/pub/fouzfati...
Mothering Without Your Mother.
How will I get through this without my mum?
How to grieve and mother at the same time.
Now available.
#writtingcommunity #grief #motherhood
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How will I get through this without my mum?
How to grieve and mother at the same time.
Now available.
#writtingcommunity #grief #motherhood
open.substack.com/pub/fouzfati...
Mothering without your mother
Embracing motherhood while honouring the memories of your mum
open.substack.com
August 25, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Mothering Without Your Mother.
How will I get through this without my mum?
How to grieve and mother at the same time.
Now available.
#writtingcommunity #grief #motherhood
open.substack.com/pub/fouzfati...
How will I get through this without my mum?
How to grieve and mother at the same time.
Now available.
#writtingcommunity #grief #motherhood
open.substack.com/pub/fouzfati...
✨️ Redefining stability ✨️
Learning to say no, to protect my energy and space, was a revolutionary act of self-care. Without boundaries, stability crumbles.
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Learning to say no, to protect my energy and space, was a revolutionary act of self-care. Without boundaries, stability crumbles.
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Redefining Stability: Safety Comes First
And ten lessons that I've learnt in it's pursuit
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August 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM
✨️ Redefining stability ✨️
Learning to say no, to protect my energy and space, was a revolutionary act of self-care. Without boundaries, stability crumbles.
open.substack.com/pub/fouzfati...
Learning to say no, to protect my energy and space, was a revolutionary act of self-care. Without boundaries, stability crumbles.
open.substack.com/pub/fouzfati...
We walk the earth barefoot
Nature beneath our feet
We spend our dimes on sidewalk goodies
And run home to tell our family
#2wordprompt
Nature beneath our feet
We spend our dimes on sidewalk goodies
And run home to tell our family
#2wordprompt
August 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
We walk the earth barefoot
Nature beneath our feet
We spend our dimes on sidewalk goodies
And run home to tell our family
#2wordprompt
Nature beneath our feet
We spend our dimes on sidewalk goodies
And run home to tell our family
#2wordprompt
August 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
One of the kindest gifts we can give ourselves is permission: permission to feel, to be messy, to take time, and to not have all the answers right now.
#gratitude #grief
#gratitude #grief
Making Space for Grief: Living with Loss and Hope, Together
Hello, and welcome to Start from Within - A space for exploration of grief, identity, and culture.
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August 13, 2025 at 2:28 AM
One of the kindest gifts we can give ourselves is permission: permission to feel, to be messy, to take time, and to not have all the answers right now.
#gratitude #grief
#gratitude #grief
I can hear it now
The water racing down the stream
Louder and louder
Where my eyes don't reach
My feet carry me
To the waterfall
#wildwalkprompt #waterfall
The water racing down the stream
Louder and louder
Where my eyes don't reach
My feet carry me
To the waterfall
#wildwalkprompt #waterfall
August 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I can hear it now
The water racing down the stream
Louder and louder
Where my eyes don't reach
My feet carry me
To the waterfall
#wildwalkprompt #waterfall
The water racing down the stream
Louder and louder
Where my eyes don't reach
My feet carry me
To the waterfall
#wildwalkprompt #waterfall
They wield their power like swords in the night
What sinful price for a sleepless night
#2wordprompt #power #price
What sinful price for a sleepless night
#2wordprompt #power #price
August 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM
They wield their power like swords in the night
What sinful price for a sleepless night
#2wordprompt #power #price
What sinful price for a sleepless night
#2wordprompt #power #price
August 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Another night
Another hour
Low light of the screen
The click ticking by
Her phone falls on her face
Again
Sleep wouldn't come
#fromoneline
Another hour
Low light of the screen
The click ticking by
Her phone falls on her face
Again
Sleep wouldn't come
#fromoneline
August 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Another night
Another hour
Low light of the screen
The click ticking by
Her phone falls on her face
Again
Sleep wouldn't come
#fromoneline
Another hour
Low light of the screen
The click ticking by
Her phone falls on her face
Again
Sleep wouldn't come
#fromoneline
Weaving Happiness through Grief.
Weaving happiness through grief isn’t about forcing it. It’s about noticing when it appears and letting it sit with you, even if only for a breath.
Hope it reaches anyone who needs it.
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Weaving happiness through grief isn’t about forcing it. It’s about noticing when it appears and letting it sit with you, even if only for a breath.
Hope it reaches anyone who needs it.
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Weaving Happiness Through Grief: How Joy Can Live Beside Loss
Gentle reflections on finding light in the middle of grief, and learning to carry love and loss together
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August 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Weaving Happiness through Grief.
Weaving happiness through grief isn’t about forcing it. It’s about noticing when it appears and letting it sit with you, even if only for a breath.
Hope it reaches anyone who needs it.
open.substack.com/pub/fouzfati...
Weaving happiness through grief isn’t about forcing it. It’s about noticing when it appears and letting it sit with you, even if only for a breath.
Hope it reaches anyone who needs it.
open.substack.com/pub/fouzfati...