Ramblings from a Toronto cafe… If you work in customer service it is your job to be friendly to those who walk into your door or who wish to spend money on your services. Being friendly is part of your job. Full stop. Your job is not to pass judgement or have pre-conceived notions […]
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Remember Your Roots
In March 1998 I met the guy who would eventually become my husband. It was grade twelve of high school and it was at a friend’s house party. Her parents were out so everyone came over, including a carload or two from the neighbouring town, Josh in one of them. He apparently saw me before […]
Women Supporting Women
Women supporting women. This is something that has been big on my mind lately, especially after having two separate conversations recently, one with whom is ten years old and another who is ten years older than me. I think that this past Saturday has proven that we have reached some sort of cusp in […]
A Stirring
Have you noticed lately a stirring everywhere? It seems like everyone I talk to lately is feeling this. Something getting stirred up inside. Something in their guts that is new or has maybe been buried for a while and it is getting brought up to the surface. A lot of people seem to be […]
My First Week
It’s 2017! A lot of people have been asking me how I am doing. They say “How do you feel now that you don’t have the studio?” As though it has been gone forever. The truth is, I don’t feel as though it has been that long. I turned my keys in on December […]
An Ode to a Chair
Dear Big Yellow Chair, I dreamt of you before we ever met. I knew that I needed you in my life and I would often dream about what you would look like. Something big and robust. Something with character. Something beautiful. That babies could be placed in. That beautiful women could lounge in. I […]
My Lipstick Theory
I have a couple of theories that I hold in my back pocket. One of them is about lipstick. Now, if you know me, you know that I am not a fussy girl. I don’t wear a lot of makeup (I don’t actually know how. Help!) nor am I usually that fashionable (but I do […]
Opening Up Your Life
The cool thing about opening up your life to others is receiving things back from them. People in unexpected places reach out and it’s a wonderful thing. Since my last blog post, I have received many messages from people, both those that I know really well and those whom I don’t. Messages of support. […]
Choices and that No Kids Thing
There is this thing that happens shortly after you get married. You’re still walking around in newlywed bliss and then people, those you know and those that are strangers, begin asking “When are you going to have kids?” This is true for any recently married couple. In fact, I guarantee it. Except that, in our […]
Ch-ch-changes
It’s a season of change. Talk to anyone these days and there seems to be some sort of change in their lives. There’s movement happening and it’s both exciting and scary to witness and be a part of. I am also currently riding in this boat of change and it’s a big one. One […]