Recently, I have connected with some childhood friends, and have been reminded of my first love. It was interesting because I didn’t remember much about it until friends and I reminisced over stories. Songs, like signposts, directed my thoughts to places traversed lifetimes ago. I was only 13 years old in middle school, and this [...]
Step-parents play an important role in the lives of children. However, their identity as “parents” is frequently complicated and defined by a common fear and misconception: A step-parent can never replace a biological parent and is therefore ill-equipped to parent their step-child. As someone who grew up with two brothers, one who was step-parented by [...]
Aslı Nemutlu Aslı 17 yaşında, sevdiği şeyi yaparken, kayak kayarken, aramızdan ayrıldı. Korkunç bir kaza onu bu dünyadan ve sevdiklerinden aldı. Ne yazık ki, Aslı’nın trajik ölümünden sonra, okulda yazdığı bir kompozisyonu, bir köşe yazarı tarafından ele alınarak, oldukça yargılayıcı ve hatalı bir yorum eşliğinde, Aslı’nın 17 yıllık kısa ama güzel hayatını ve ailesini gölgeleyecek [...]
Asli’s Flow Asli passed away at the age of seventeen while doing what she loved doing – skiing. A freak accident took her away from this world and her loved ones. Unfortunately, after Asli’s tragic passing one of her personal essay was picked up by a columnist and published together with a highly judgmental and [...]
Aslı Nemutlu A friend of mine lost a daughter at age 17 on a ski slope couple of weeks ago. She was in the Turkish national ski team. It is such a fulfilling event to support your child doing something they are passionate about – and then there is that freak accident that takes your [...]
About five years ago, our family took a trip to the beach with another family. My daughter Amelia had a blast with the two girls from the other family—swimming, playing in the sand, reading… That evening while reflecting on the day at the dinner table, I made a comment to Johan and Amelia that the [...]