When You Know, You Know
As someone who prides herself on trusting her gut, I’m not sure why I keep pushing myself to stick with something, hoping it will magically get better. This is with…
Author: Amanda C.
I’d like to say I fall into the “sandwich generation” – and while I have no children of my own to care for – I find myself falling somewhere in between caring for my mother and caring for my sanity. When I am not working, I have the honour of helping look after my amazing mother, who has suffered 2 strokes in the past 11 years. Being a caregiver is not for the faint of heart, and if I am being honest, it can be a crappy club to be a member of. I have fallen down more times than I care to count through this journey, but while channeling my incredible stubbornness, strength (both of which I come by honestly,) and several F-words (Faith, Family, Friends and Food), I keep getting back up. IG: @Coolman_Eh
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All In
In the spirit of trying to spend my time focusing on the people and things that really matter to me, I’ve decided to go all in this holiday season. Deb…
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Deadline Driven
I’ve been thinking a lot about deadlines lately. Probably because I’ve been dealing with a lot of them at work. I mean, many people are working toward some kind of…
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Seasons of Isolation
In a normal year, I’d be coming up to the end of summer by noting the last week of the CNE and trying to sort out a visit to the…
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Puppy Love
Puppy Love When You’re Not a Dog Person It’s taken 40-some odd years, but my sister somehow managed to turn me into a dog person. I suppose it’s more accurate…
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Worrying for Nothing (or Everything)
One of my – personality quirks – is that I worry. I worry a lot. When I was younger, there were definitely things I didn’t worry about enough. And now…
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A Welcomed Distraction
It’s still a struggle, people. While I understand that I’m closer than I’ve ever been to being able to hug people outside of my household in the past 15 months,…
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She’s the Man, man!
In my last post I was feeling a little miserable, and tried to cheer myself up by writing about one of the ways I find comfort – through food (specifically pizza)….
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Some Pizza Mind
If you live in Ontario and are in and around the GTA, it’s been one hell of a past week. Things are feeling bleak and though I thought I had…
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March Madness
The month of March, much like many of the 12 months previous, has felt like a complete and utter shit show. And I know I really don’t have a lot…