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  • Writing

    Beginning the Book

    January 31, 2013 /
    Victoria Street, Whitby, Ontario

    The idea of my writing a book has been floating around our house for a while now, slowly shedding it's aura of incredibility. That quip I made about my life reading like an Amazon bestseller took root and, with a Pinocchio-esque insistence, demands to become a real book...

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    A bitter pill to swallow

    July 11, 2012
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    Why This Writer Needs Other Writers

    September 23, 2016
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    AND THE WINNER IS…

    April 16, 2012
  • Blog,  Borderline Personality Disorder,  Expat Life,  Mental Health

    How BPD made me a better expat

    January 29, 2013 /
    Different Tree

    Not nearly enough is written about Borderline Personality Disorder, and often what little there is, however insightful, leaves you with a foreboding sense of the enormous obstacles preventing us from functioning on a similar level to those free of this frustrating and debilitating condition...

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    Surviving a Canadian Winter

    September 9, 2011

    Square peg in a round hole? Get used to it… you’re an expat.

    September 16, 2011
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    Mindfulness in Depression Relapse Prevention – Autopilot & Raisins

    May 30, 2012
  • Blog,  Expat Life,  Living in Canada

    You know you’re settled in Canada when…

    January 24, 2013 /
    Canadian Tire money

    Signs you've been here awhile...

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    Bangles, Betrothal & ‘A Good Pakistani Girl’

    October 10, 2013
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    Dear Dairymilk

    November 18, 2011
    mindful writing

    Making My Choice – Mindfulness In Writing

    June 7, 2012
  • Blog,  Expat Life,  Living in Canada,  Photography

    Pucks and Punch-Ups

    January 22, 2013 /
    hockey night

    What a night! I couldn’t be classed as a sports fan by any stretch of the imagination, but as some of you know from yesterday’s post, Monday evening saw K and I brave the cold to take the GO train to Toronto for our first ever hockey game...

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    Chocolate heaven…

    January 6, 2012
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    Muslim Day at Canada’s Wonderland

    July 10, 2012
    Dairymilk chocolate bar partially unwrapped

    Dear Dairymilk

    November 18, 2011
  • Blog,  Expat Life,  Living in Canada

    The Good ‘Ole Hockey Game

    January 21, 2013 /
    Tickets to the LeafsvsSabres

    The Toronto Maple Leafs will be playing on home ice for the first time this season tonight, and thanks to a lucky break, K and I won Platinum tickets...

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    The most precious things

    January 25, 2012
    Old book open on wooden table

    A Book, a Bereavement, and a Betrayal

    February 3, 2016
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    Shoot & Quote: Intangible Water

    November 20, 2013
  • Blog,  Expat Life,  Photography

    “Life is like a box of chocolates…”

    January 17, 2013 /
    Insulation by Cadburys

    Today brought a return to more seasonal temperatures (with a windchill of seventeen below) and a long-awaited package...

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    April 15, 2013
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    The Myth Of The 72 Virgins

    March 25, 2013
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    Making My Choice – Mindfulness In Writing

    June 7, 2012
  • Blog,  Expat Life

    5 Ways to Wind A Canadian Up

    January 14, 2013 /
    Tim Hortons sign on bus shelter

    Canadians have a global reputation as peacekeepers and pacifists but, just like the rest of us mortals, their patience isn’t limitless; some things are guaranteed to get them fired up. Here are five situations where you’re unlikely to see them at their best…

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    Awards

    Versatile? Me?

    October 17, 2011
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    Kids in crisis – the repercussions of abuse

    March 20, 2012

    Arrested Development

    August 1, 2011
  • Bridging Cultures,  Interracial marriage

    Challenges of interracial marriage

    January 7, 2013 /
    Family fun at the beach in winter, Lake Ontario

    Making an intercultural marriage work takes dedication and strength, but on the plus side, we have a super-strong family bond, a vast capacity for empathy and understanding and the confidence that comes from knowing you’ve forged your own path in the big wide world and you have the cojones to deal with whatever comes your way. No regrets, right?

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    Beat the heat with Mango Lassi

    July 6, 2012

    The Good, The Bad & The Hungry

    July 20, 2012

    Has anyone seen the moon?

    August 31, 2011
  • Bridging Cultures,  Interracial marriage

    What price a woman’s heart?

    January 3, 2013 /
    intercultural marriage

    Ten years ago today, I stood corseted in sumptuous silk, satin and brocade and consented to be sold to the man I now call my husband for a "token sum" of thirty pounds...

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    July 6, 2012
    Meet the parents

    Meeting the In-Laws – bridging the cultural divide

    March 23, 2012

TOPICS

  • BRIDGING CULTURES
    • Expat Life
      • Living in Canada
    • Interracial Marriage
    • Islam
  • MENTAL HEALTH
    • Aspergers
    • Bipolar
    • Mindfulness
  • PHOTOGRAPHY
  • WRITING

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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