The Yuéliáng Narrative
I write about everything and nothing — and somehow it always means something. This is where my thoughts become your food for thought. So please come back often!
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5 Reminders for When Life Feels Stuck
- Where you are right now is not where you will always be. Seasons change, so will this.
- The delay is not the denial. What’s meant for you is still finding its way to you.
- Look back at December. You have already grown more than you give yourself credit for.
- You are not behind. You are on a timeline that was designed specifically for you.
- Keep your head up on the bridge. You didn’t come this far to stop in the middle.
Featured Articles
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BEYOND THE TAP.
Wanjiru lives in a Kenya where the daily burden of carrying water across long, exhausting distances is just a memory. In both Rural villages and Urban neighbourhoods , clean, treated water flows reliably from taps and is paired with safe, private sanitation facilities. Communities are healthier, especially women and young girls who now reclaim their…
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THE FIRST LESSON.
At seven o’clock, Wanjiru enters her classroom, humming joyfully with her books in hand . The rain water tanks outside are full, the desks sturdy, and every student has the materials needed for the morning. No one is late for class. No one was delayed on the way to school , the bridges held firm…
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DAY AFTER THE RAINS.
The rain stops just before dawn, the air is cool and heavy with the smell of wet earth and crushed lemon grass. Wanjiru steps out of their house and listens.No roar of water tearing down the hillside, no panicked shouting about mudslides. Only the steady drip of the eaves, and the soft creak of the…
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Jesca John is a PR professional and storyteller who writes about the quiet, complicated, and beautiful parts of being human. Through The Yuéliáng Narrative, she documents growth, faith, friendship and all the things that remind us we are not alone in this.
Here are a few of my favorite things
Reading
There is a kind of silence that only happens between the pages of a good book where the world pauses and someone else’s story becomes yours for a little while. I read everything and anything. Give me a book, and I disappear.
Food
Food is my love language. Whether it’s trying a new restaurant, recreating something I ate once and never forgot, or simply sitting down to a meal that hits right, eating is never just eating. It’s an experience, a memory, a whole moment.
Writing
Writing is how I make sense of things, the quiet moments, the big feelings, the ordinary days that turn out to mean something. Every post here starts as a thought I couldn’t shake and ends as words I hope stay with you.
Asian Dramas
There is something about East and South East Asian storytelling that gets under your skin — the slow burns, the unspoken tension, the soundtracks that ruin you. I watch them with snacks, a blanket, and absolutely no regrets.