By Mahshid Hager My son, Sacha is turning 18 in about a week. Last night while I was cooking dinner, he joined me in the kitchen and we started talking…
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Hello 46!
Photo by Luca Upper on Unsplash Laughter is timeless. Imagination has no age. And dreams are forever. – Walt Disney I am 46 years old. 46 seems harder than 30 or…
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Summers In Mashhad
By Mahshid Hager I don’t even remember the season. I just remember walking between them and feeling for the first time that I belonged somewhere. ― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks…
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The Wonder Within
By Kimberly Means My daughter Emerson loves to tell me about her dreams. Upon listening to them I realize that they’re more “stories” she creates in her head to connect…
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Dear Dad…
It’s been a while since I have written you one of these. The occasion of Father’s Day, seems like a good time for another letter. This is my 13th Father’s…
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So I Married A White Guy……
By Mahshid Hager His name is Patrick and he is the love of my life. He was born in Florida and grew up in Colorado. This month we will be…
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Got Faith?
By Mahshid Hager “Are you religious?” I get this question sometimes, from friends, from clients, from co-workers. What follows, is me, mumbling something about “more spiritual than religious”…. “I…
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Advice To My Younger Self
By Mahshid Hager I moved away from home six months after I graduated from high school. I didn’t just move away, I moved almost 5,ooo miles away, to San Diego, California.…
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Lessons In Letting Go
Picture above courtesy of Kamelia Photography 2014 By Mahshid Hager When my kids were younger, I thought there would come a time when I didn’t worry about them so much. I…
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Ode to Köln
By Mahshid Hager I grew up in Köln (known as Cologne in English), Germany. I always say I spent my “formative” years there. My family arrived in Köln in the Summer of 1982,…
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