Tag: people

• strangers: kind

  The start of what I hope to be an interesting and wholesome series on strangers I encounter or observe in the sundry spaces I inhabit. To the young mom who shopped at my local grocery store when I worked there, Thank you for always saving me a smile, for shopping on Wednesday afternoons because you…

  Eliana

  October 15, 2020

  Stories

  encounters, people, Stories, storytelling, strangers

• Speak

  Speak up! they say. Engage in conversation! they say. It’s not so easy. In a room full of people, we’re a foreign voice. We’re an unknown. People don’t like the unknown. I certainly don’t. It’s uncomfortable. It forces both parties out of their shells, which makes for some pretty choppy waters. The goal is to…

  Eliana

  August 30, 2017

  Rambles

  conversation, courage, friendship, people, speak, timing, uncomfortable