by Imola | Sep 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Rebuilding of a Life “Maman, tu est formidable,” says my eight-year-old daughter as I struggle to push my queen-sized mattress up the third floor. This queen sized mattress, and my daughters’ art work is all that I have taken from my previous Mile-End home and...
by Imola | Jun 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
It’s January twenty-four, minus twenty something degrees that ‘feel like’ ten degrees colder. I haven’t actually bothered to check the official temperature because I’m too cold to get out of bed, turn on the heating and reach for my phone. I feel like jumping out of...
by Imola | Jan 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
When you announce your engagement, it is natural for people to congratulate you with great excitement and immediately glare at your ring. When you tell people that you have just separated, however, the acceptable etiquette is to produce a piteous sad face, accompanied...
by Imola | Dec 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
An Ode to Literal & Metaphorical Gates It may sound strange that during the past couple of years as I found myself locked behind a ‘Maple Curtain’ and cut from my European roots, I was dreaming of beautiful gates. But during a particularly challenging period of...
by Imola | Sep 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
Perfect is the enemy of good, says the post-it on my computer, reminding me to let go of my obsession with perfectionism. While perfectionism has its obvious benefits, namely, striving to do a good job, writer Elizabeth Gilbert strips perfectionism off its romantic...
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