Category: everyday life
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the places that make you
Read more: the places that make youI have been on a pendulum for the past six months. On one side, there is Montréal, the place I call home. On the other side, there has been a steady rotation of other places that, one way or another, have made their way into my life over the course of the past 40 years.…
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a somewhat unconventional mother’s day post
Read more: a somewhat unconventional mother’s day postI don’t speak often of my mother. She wasn’t terribly maternal, let’s just say. When I encounter a memory of her, though, I greet it more warmly with each passing year. As a mother, myself, no surprise that I’ve become more forgiving of my mother’s parenting flaws, just as I hope that my daughters can…
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this ain’t no bandwagon
Read more: this ain’t no bandwagonI was in Vancouver, I was in my twenties, and I was moving into my first apartment as a single mom. “Take this,” my sister said, “I think you’re going to need it.” She was holding a yoga DVD in her hand. I’ve never liked bandwagons and a west coast yoga mom, I was not.…
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