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1st Monday in May
It’s that time of year again… April’s showers bear resemblance to God watering his plants to bloom for Spring. The faint hint of Summer in the air. It also brings us THE most important fashion day of the year, the first Monday in May, the Met Gala. This year literally on May 1st. From the time when I was just a little girl, fashion was the “be all and end all” and still is to this day. It wasn’t just about the clothes! Trust me when I say I am a fashion ADDICT, that is an understatement. Just ask my parents! Clothing to me are fabrics fashioned in heaven in…
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50 Days of (Toronto) Summer
If you know, you know what this post is named after. If not, it’s from one of my favourite movies, 500 Days of Summer. Joseph Gordon Levitt’s Tom, who is a greeting card writer and endlessly hopeless romantic, is blind sided when his girlfriend, Summer, played by the adorable Zooey Deschanel suddenly dumps him. He reflects on their 500 days together to try to figure out when their love went sour. In turn, Tom rediscovers his true passions in life. Well, in taking on Tom’s theme and the very quick redirection my life is taking, I too am doing some reflecting… These last couple of years have been daunting!! Pandemic,…
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Retrospect
I’ve never been one to think that our lives were already written out in the stars for us. That all these moments bring us to the place where we were destined to be and it was all one great big pre-planned course of events that were meant to happen. I do believe though that everything happens for a reason and whatever we have been through in life has helped shape us as people, taught us some valuable lessons and made us stronger! For example, being in a relationship with my ex brought me to having my dog. I always wanted one but my mothers house was way too precious for…
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Light at the end of the tunnel
October is not only a very special month to me as it is my birthday month but also because it is Domestic Violence Awareness month. I had written an article on my own experience with domestic violence a couple years ago, since I am all for sharing my experiences and spreading awareness of any kind. Sadly, and not at all surprisingly, I received some negative backlash asking me to take it down. Some people from my past were worried about how it made them look.. The nerve, eh! BUT in most cases of domestic violence individuals close to the abusers usually tend to keep a blind eye and enable them,…
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Crossroads…
Just a little Wednesday food for thought… I have been thinking about crossroads and how many of them we meet in our lives. The definition of Crossroads is: “a point at which a crucial decision must be made that will have far-reaching consequences.” The definition quite literally, and a little intensely, explains itself. Gone are the simple days of my parents where you meet your life partner, get married, buy a house, have a family of your own at such a young age and live in a work/life balance til you’re old and grey. All the while not dealing with as many health issues as we do today and mother…
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Bosom Buddy
Today is National Best Friends day and in homage to this day of friendship, I wanted to shine a little spotlight on these very special relationships. Chandler and Joey, Nick and Schmidt, Timon and Pumbaa, Dionne and Cher, Zac and Screech, Thelma and Louise, Oprah and Gayle, Ben and Matt, Snoop and Martha… we all have a Robin to our Batman. As an only child, friends were always so important to me. They were my self made brothers and sisters, and that’s really what they become… family! You could tell them things you would never want your parents to know. Ask for advice from a non-judgemental, loving point of view.…
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What day is it??
As most of you know, whether you reside in Canada or not, here in Ontario we are still in lockdown. Yes Yes, I know.. The world is opening up all around us and we are still in this state, that’s a whole other long rant on the topic!! I have been stuck in the confines of my apartment for lockdown Part Deux or five, I’ve lost count, for more than 170 days!! It’s been…. something, to say the least! There’s been a pendulum swing between emotional highs and lows, as I’m sure most of us around the world are all feeling!! This has definitely been a tough time for us!…
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Hopeful
Hello world! I cannot believe it has been more than a year since I have last posted a blog. Actually, probably since the last time I have written anything at all which is odd for me to refrain from writing! I usually like to write mainly when feeling tremendous emotion about something and boy oh boy was 2020 FULL of emotions! What even was that?! Lasted about 12 months and 157 years!! I’m telling you the past year rendered me speechless and that is hard to do. We were all so hopeful for this decade too. “2020 is gonna be our year!” Man little did we know, huh! It started…
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All in this together
Boy it’s been since the summer since I’ve written.. journal excluded! Many an occurrence has been had in the meantime! Summer was so great.. can we have it back now pls??? I know, I know.. I’m Canadian I should be used to the winter by now and shockingly we have had a really easy one this year, although February is almost upon us. Winter please, stay kind! This summer I actually enjoyed the city!! Could also be because I hadn’t spent a summer in the city the previous couple of years, surprised to find out I actually missed it. We who live in Toronto really are so fortunate! The diversity…
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Ode to the loves of my life!
I’ve been a writer since I was a young girl. I write for everything… just to vent, letters to loved ones when I verbally couldn’t seem to vocalize what I was feeling. Memorializing experiences that were important to me, hard times or my travels so I could transport back to that moment in my mind. Today it’s focused on my gratitude. I was listening to one of my favourite bands The Cranberries and one of my favourite songs of theirs is called “Ode to my family”, it’s a really beautiful song I urge you to listen to it if you haven’t. It inspired me to write about my own personal…