Category: Blog Posts
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The celebration equation
My sister moved from our home in Canada to the United States two months ago. In the excitement of her new beginnings, I’d forgotten to prepare myself for my new beginning; the one where we no longer had the same definition of home. As Diwali approaches, I find myself thinking about what it means to…
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“You’re almost there, babe!”
I hold a strong appreciation for good ingredients and good food. As a little girl, I expressed this love of food by sampling sugary foods everywhere I went. My eyes would light up at the sight of sprinkle-ladden ice cream, cookies with that crisp, slightly crunchy and smooth icing, cakes with healthy amounts of coloured…
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Showing Up
I started commuting to school from my childhood home this year. At first, it felt exhausting. I’d get off of the busy subway only to get onto the busy train and then the busy highway. I also started to feel like I’d joined this “institution” of downtown Toronto-bound commuters. Observing the rhythmic behaviours of the…