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Continue reading →: Among trees or mountains
What is your favorite place to go in your city? Back in Islamabad, the mountains and trees kept me happy just to step out and gaze at them. Now in Lisbon, I keep discovering the Parques and Jardims in different areas and recently joined a hiking group. It’s therapeutic to…
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Continue reading →: Trinkets that I keep finding on my walks
What’s the coolest thing you’ve ever found (and kept)? A stunning dried fallen leaf, an oddly shaped pebble or rock, seedpods from trees, unique twigs or branches… Little things in life are big things.
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Continue reading →: Imran Khan!! For both reasons😉
Who is the most famous or infamous person you have ever met? I met him when he wasn’t a PM yet. And my late mother-in-law was the one who talked me into agreeing to facilitate one of his meetings. And I remember I did NOT like him at all. And…
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Continue reading →: Our First Portuguese Festival: Halloween at the Library
How a search for fun for our teens taught us about community, integration, and the modern magic of libraries. I’ve always tried to make the festivals of my homeland a big deal in our house. For Eid, I’d stitch their clothes myself, my hands guiding the fabric that would become…
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Continue reading →: Sense of responsibility and unconditional love
What is good about having a pet? Animals express love in ways that leave me in awe and awwwww regarding the trust they put in us. Sometimes I think they should have a planet of their own as time n again, we have been failing to be worthy of such…
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Continue reading →: The Pedagogy of Puddles: How Lisbon’s Rains Teach Me to Walk
From romantic nostalgia to muddy humility, and the lessons found in a sudden splash. Lisbon has been experiencing rainy spells of late. And me, being a hopeless romantic, have always loved the rains. I hail from a land where seasons shift with a dramatic flair, and each transition is a…
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Continue reading →: Nothing in particular
What podcasts are you listening to? I try to take notes of all good things that help me become a better person who is less judgemental n jaded and more informed and open-minded. The diary of a CEO and Mel Robbins are two of my favourites.
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Continue reading →: Moral compass
What’s something you believe everyone should know. I owe it to my late Mother-in-law who ignited the spirit of activism in me. I was always vocal about my opinions but just sat disgruntled and jaded. She was the one who introduced me to a life beyond my comfort zone. So…
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Continue reading →: Just: Be
What does it mean to be a kid at heart? Kid at heart is free. Their imagination, how their days go, what they like and who they don’t is out there. They live in the present. Not obsessed about the past, not skeptic about the future. The entirety of the…
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Continue reading →: The View from the Tagus: On Carrying the Wound and Choosing Safety
Every day, I watch the Tagus River flow steadily past my window in Lisbon, its waters a constant, silent procession toward the vast, unknown Atlantic. It has become my daily ritual, a moment for introspection. And in its reflective surface, I see the ghost of another river, the one I…
Hello, I’m Saba. Welcome to my world where honest words and raw emotions are sacred. This is where I invite you to witness our relocation journey as a family with two teens. From Pakistan to Portugal. One river at a time.
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