You Have a Place at The Table

  Jasmine Ruigrok   2:25 PM    3 Comments
“It is not as we've seen, it is not as we've read, it is not as they've said. How we need to forget, we need to reset and be like children again. Are

Be Loved First

  Jasmine Ruigrok   10:31 AM    3 Comments
“As I grow older, I discover more and more that the greatest gift I have to offer is my own joy of living, my own inner peace, my own silence and solitude, my

The Need to Write

  Jasmine Ruigrok   4:29 PM    0 Comments
/ You wrote your name in invisible ink / For you were so afraid of what they might think / But the scars they left, they were loud and clear / Weren't they?

Deaf or Blind?

  Jasmine Ruigrok   12:35 PM    0 Comments
Hypothetical questions have always been a big part of my growing up, and my siblings and I could amuse ourselves for hours over them. After watching Home Alone for the first time, we

The Would-Be Prince

  Jasmine Ruigrok   10:30 AM    6 Comments
The feast had begun. Servants were coming forward to serve plates filled with the finest delicacies; platters heaped high with rare meats cooked to perfection, the best wines were being poured for each