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  • Blog,  Expat Life

    Awaiting America’s Answer to Newtown

    December 17, 2012 /
    Dove with wings unfolding

    The human spirit can endure unspeakable horror if there is hope...

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    The soundtrack to life abroad

    July 8, 2012
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    Do something that makes a difference today…

    February 7, 2012

    A Sunday stroll and a history lesson

    November 21, 2011
  • Uncategorized

    I never knew you felt that way…

    December 15, 2012 /
    Looking out across the water, Lake Ontario

    I'm amazed and thrilled that something I began purely as a personal endeavour has struck a chord with so many of you. Learning that I have a chance at winning GOLD has really opened my eyes to the support you give me and I'm profoundly grateful.

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    Behind closed doors

    November 14, 2011
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    Remembrance

    November 11, 2011
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    Nominated for the MAD Blog Awards

    April 19, 2012
  • Autobiographical Posts,  Blog,  Borderline Personality Disorder,  Mental Health

    Borderline Personality Disorder – getting a diagnosis

    December 13, 2012 /
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    At 26 I was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. I could feel the fog descend as I entered an episode and my heart would be gripped by fear...

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    That Laugh

    June 19, 2013
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    Grandad’s Ghost, or, How To Fuck Up A Funeral

    December 17, 2015
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    Unexpected Love

    February 14, 2013
  • Blog,  Mental Health

    Vanishing Point – Losing my mind to anorexia

    December 12, 2012 /
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    When people think of anorexia they think of concentration-camp figures with skin stretched tight over protruding bones, people with heads too heavy for their reedy frames. Anorexia’s striking physicality steals the show and few realize it’s a disease that also consumes the mind...

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    How BPD made me a better expat

    January 29, 2013

    ‘The sun will come out… tomorrow’ – patience & expat life

    July 9, 2013
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    Don’t be fooled this April 1st!

    April 1, 2013
  • Writing

    Mummy bloggers – the retail industry’s secret weapon?

    December 10, 2012 /
    Children sitting on the lakeshore, Lake Ontario

    They’re just like you and me aren’t they? Down-to-earth, honest-to-goodness parents giving us the inside scoop on child rearing. But access to family email inboxes nationwide makes the mummy blogger a marketing man’s dream. What if some of them embrace the Dark Side?

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    Making My Choice – Mindfulness In Writing

    June 7, 2012
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    I write because…

    November 5, 2012
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    Do you live to write or write to live?

    September 23, 2012
  • Blog,  Expat Life,  Living in Canada

    Welcome to Canada – the home of over-priced telecommunications!

    December 5, 2012 /
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    When it comes to telecommunications in Canada, there’s one certainty: they’ll make you pay, one way or another...

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    The Spirit of Giving

    December 22, 2011
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    Store sold out of controversial Muslim book | Toronto & GTA | News | Toronto Sun

    March 27, 2012
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    Birthday Boy!

    February 1, 2012

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Top Posts & Pages

  • Challenges of interracial marriage
    Challenges of interracial marriage
  • O Canada, O What do I do?
    O Canada, O What do I do?
  • Where do butterflies go to die?
    Where do butterflies go to die?
  • How People With Autism Fake It
    How People With Autism Fake It
  • Nude yoga: Now available in Toronto
    Nude yoga: Now available in Toronto
  • Meeting the In-Laws - bridging the cultural divide
    Meeting the In-Laws - bridging the cultural divide
  • The truth about Islam
    The truth about Islam
  • Make Me A Muslim
    Make Me A Muslim

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