13 Reason’s Why…there’s no shame in therapy

This post has been published with the permission of my daughter, Kira.

The last season of 13 Reason’s Why premiered just a few weeks ago. Millions of teens around the world tuned in and have binged watched this controversial show about teenage suicide, rape, depression, and gun violence…among many other things.

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The Sondra Chronicles – Chapter Two

My first chapter received a huge response – and many requests for a second. So here it is.

The neighbours who owned our house prior to us did not take care of the property. We had to work really hard to get it to look the way it does now. We bought this house in November 2016 and took possession in December. There was a lot of snow on the ground and we couldn’t see what shape the property was in.

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“But I’m not from Pakistan!”

For my readers who don’t know, I’m from Sri Lanka. My mother is part Dutch, so I have light brown skin. My husband is German. My kids like to say he is not white, he’s pink, lol. Kira was born very, very fair. She looked like a German baby with white skin and blue eyes. Right now, her skin is olive and her eyes are green. She sometimes wears purple contacts! Max was born a little darker with brown eyes. He is a lovely caramel colour and he still has brown eyes.

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