Welcome to Sharon’s Read and Reflect — a cozy corner for curious minds and wandering thoughts! ✨ I’m Sharon Clara Fernandes, someone who believes reading adds wings to the mind and writing gives it a voice. 📚 Here, I pour my thoughts, a dash of humor, and a sprinkle of reflection into every piece I write. The more we read, the more we grow — and I’m learning right along with you! So grab a cup of coffee, sit back, and let’s journey through words together. ☕💭
What's your favorite time of day? If someone asks me about my favorite time of day, I could pretend to be poetic and say sunrise, or intellectual and say tea-time, but let’s be honest—my real answer is when I am with my kids and when I finally get to sleep.“Kids turn ordinary minutes into extraordinary... Continue Reading →
What's your favorite recipe? Cooking and I have always had a complicated relationship. If kitchens could talk, mine would probably sigh every time I walked in. My knives tremble, the onions giggle, and the stove raises its eyebrows as if to say, “Oh no, not again!” Truth be told, recipes are like foreign languages to... Continue Reading →
Tell us about the last thing you got excited about. Excitement doesn’t always need fireworks, grand parties, or lottery wins. Sometimes, it hides in the smallest corners of life—like a peaceful Friday, when the kids finish their periodic assessment and I can finally sip my tea without mentally solving math problems along with them.“Ohhh, I... Continue Reading →
How would you design the city of the future? The city of the future won’t just rise, it will breathe.Skyscrapers may scrape the sky, but their walls will wear gardens like crowns. Streets will hum with solar-powered light, every footprint sparking a glow—proof that even steps can leave behind sunshine.Greenery will no longer be a... Continue Reading →
Where did your name come from? “Sharon—not just a name,but a garden of stories,where roots meet meaning,and laughter grows with grace.” “Where did your name come from?” A simple question, yet it always carries a universe of meaning. My name, Sharon, isn’t just a collection of letters—it’s a garden in itself. In Hebrew, Sharon means... Continue Reading →
What motivates you?
What are your top ten favorite movies? They say, “Life is like a movie, and we are all actors.” Well, if that’s true, then my life’s background score would be a playlist of rom-coms, sprinkled with family drama, and topped with feel-good endings. I am not a fan of thrillers or horror (why would I... Continue Reading →
What do you enjoy most about writing? They say some people collect stamps, others collect coins. I, on the other hand, collect words. Writing for me is not a hobby, it’s a love affair—messy at times, magical most of the time.What do I enjoy most about writing? Everything. The brainstorming feels like standing at the... Continue Reading →
What do you love about where you live? I live in Udupi, a coastal gem where the sea whispers lullabies, the coconut trees sway like old storytellers, and the temple bells ring as if God Himself sets the rhythm of daily life. It’s not just a place on the map; it’s a mood, a melody,... Continue Reading →
What positive emotion do you feel most often? If you ask me what positive emotion I feel most often, my answer might surprise you—it’s not joy, not excitement, not even love (though I feel all of these). It’s blessed. Yes, you heard it right. Blessed is not just a Sunday-word or something you see captioned... Continue Reading →
How do you plan your goals? They say "Man plans, God laughs" — and I suspect God sometimes chuckles so hard, He drops His pen. Because truly, we don’t know what tomorrow will bring. But that’s exactly why we need to plan — not because we can predict the future, but because without direction, we... Continue Reading →
Create an emergency preparedness plan. Life’s emergencies are like surprise guests—you don’t know when they’re arriving, but you do know they’ll pick the most inconvenient time. Think Sunday night, comfy pajamas, and suddenly—boom! The weather, your health, or your bank balance decides to audition for a disaster movie.1. National Calamities – Floods, earthquakes, cyclones—Mother Nature’s... Continue Reading →
What is a word you feel that too many people use? If there’s one word that’s been doing overtime in conversations, social media captions, and motivational posters, it’s literally. Poor thing—it has been so overused and misused that I sometimes imagine it sitting in a tiny break room, sipping coffee, muttering, “I never signed up... Continue Reading →
What brings you peace? Peace. Such a short word for such a vast feeling. Some find it in mountains, others in meditation, but I often find it in the most unexpected corners of my everyday life.Take, for example, the bliss of hearing someone say, “Thanks, Sharon, for listening.” That’s not just a polite phrase; it’s... Continue Reading →
What profession do you admire most and why? All professions have their own sparkle—doctors heal bodies, engineers build bridges, artists paint emotions. But there’s one profession that quietly lays the foundation for them all—teaching.A teacher doesn’t just walk into a classroom with a textbook. They walk in with dreams—some their own, but mostly borrowed from... Continue Reading →
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