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  • Blog,  Expat Life

    What happens to the kids if you die overseas?

    May 7, 2013 /

    What are the chances of a pair of TCK’s from equally dysfunctional families getting married and having babies?

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    A-Z of Canada: A is for Awesome

    January 16, 2012
    Islamic bookstore Toronto, controversial book, how to beat your wife

    Store sold out of controversial Muslim book | Toronto & GTA | News | Toronto Sun

    March 27, 2012
    Black and white image of a crowd protesting race mixing in the US

    How do you know your interracial marriage will work?

    October 16, 2015
  • Autobiographical Posts

    All we could do was wait…

    March 5, 2013 /
    sunset-by-the-library, Dundas St. Whitby

    As T berates me for my poor timekeeping my mind returns to the days when my father collected me from school. I smile to myself at how lucky he is - I know all about waiting…

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    Ungrateful Bitch (Part 3)

    April 9, 2012
    Closeup of a pile of vintage family photos

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

    December 17, 2015
    Horizontal view of a threat to a woman at night

    Growing Up Girl: Sexual Assault As Standard

    June 16, 2016
  • 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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    A Matter of Faith

    February 13, 2012

    The Good, The Bad & The Hungry

    July 20, 2012
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    What price a woman’s heart?

    January 3, 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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    Don’t Let Self-Doubt Sabotage Success

    April 23, 2013
    Telephone box on Whitby street at night

    Online Abuse: Think you’re safe on a professional network?

    November 8, 2012
    break the silence

    A bitter pill to swallow

    July 11, 2012
  • Autobiographical Posts,  Blog,  Mental Health

    Choking on the memory

    September 9, 2012 /
    Buzzard soaring

    When the kids to wrap their fingers around my neck in play I’m transported back in time to the day a man strangled his daughter on the stairs of their home while her mother and siblings watched...

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

    December 17, 2015
    Poison

    That Laugh

    June 19, 2013
    Dog escaping

    Ungrateful Bitch (Part 1)

    February 27, 2012
  • Blog,  Mental Health,  Photography

    Smashing Stigma – Ontario Shores 3rd annual Mindful Music festival

    July 14, 2012 /

    Last weekend the much anticipated 7th of July finally rolled around; cause for celebration in our house as it was the third annual Mindful Music community festival, held in the beautiful lakeside grounds of Ontario Shores, here in Whitby.

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    Understanding Suicide

    August 23, 2012
    Black and white image of a crowd protesting race mixing in the US

    How do you know your interracial marriage will work?

    October 16, 2015
    Window on our world

    Toronto Harbour Cruise

    August 14, 2013
  • Blog,  Expat Life,  Living in Canada

    25 Reasons Why Canada Rocks (PHOTOS)

    June 14, 2012 /
    Ketchup flavour crisps

    This is an interesting insight into how Canadians view themselves and their country. But it leaves out so many things I think Canada has a right to feel proud of, and draws attention to some that don't do it justice...

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    Letter To The Tooth Fairy

    Dear Tooth Fairy… Baby Teeth – Do You Keep Them?

    October 21, 2013

    Adjustment & Culture Shock

    October 12, 2011
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    Stigma is still biggest hurdle to treating depression

    February 28, 2012
  • Blog,  Expat Life

    “I have a house…”

    May 9, 2012 /
    Home Sweet Home sign hanging on door

    Far from here, a world away in time and distance, a house patiently waits for me, forever in freeze-frame, like the old grandfather clock in the nursery rhyme that "stopped short, never to go again, when the old man died."

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    The Qur'an

    Once Upon a Time in the Hijaz

    August 7, 2012
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    Corruption in Canada

    December 4, 2011
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    A quiet moment

    January 17, 2012
  • Autobiographical Posts,  Blog,  Uncategorized

    What’s in a name?

    April 11, 2012 /
    hello-my-name-is

    Do you like your name? Is it your given name, or is it a nickname - something somebody identified about you that stuck, however astutely observant or wildly inaccurate it may be? I grew up with a very different name from the one I have now. I hated it...

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    Wanting To Go Back

    March 17, 2017
    Awards

    Versatile? Me?

    October 17, 2011
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    That Laugh

    June 19, 2013
  • Autobiographical Posts,  Blog,  Mental Health

    Ungrateful Bitch (Part 3)

    April 9, 2012 /
    teddy-alone

    I walked into the woman's house a mess of blonde curls, tears and streaked mascara. I was shaking from panic and bowed by the humiliation of a total stranger seeing me like this; so emotional and exposed. My father followed, already demanding her attention with his diatribe about me, "Can I use your phone to let the police know where we are?"... "Can I use your phone to let the police know where we are?"

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    April 11, 2012
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    An Apologist’s Apology

    March 12, 2015

    Wanting To Go Back

    March 17, 2017
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Top Posts & Pages

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    Nude yoga: Now available in Toronto
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    How People With Autism Fake It
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    Marrying into a different culture – The clash of East and West
  • Surviving a Canadian Winter
    Surviving a Canadian Winter
  • A Sunday stroll and a history lesson
    A Sunday stroll and a history lesson
  • Meeting the In-Laws - bridging the cultural divide
    Meeting the In-Laws - bridging the cultural divide
  • Accepting Disability - A Work In Progress
    Accepting Disability - A Work In Progress
  • How do you know your interracial marriage will work?
    How do you know your interracial marriage will work?

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