culture
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Happy Canada Day
A love letter to Canada, with eyes wide open. What does it mean to be Canadian? Every year on July 1st, Canadians gather for Canada Day. Fireworks, flags, barbecues, poutine. A collective exhale into summer, a shared moment of pride in the country we call home. And every year, I find myself sitting with a…
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Some Chapters Won’t Have a Title Until Much Later — On Fear of the Unknown and Coming Back to Now
“Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won’t have a title until much later.” — Bob Goff Fear of the unknown — an evening conversation Last evening, my husband and I found ourselves in one of those conversations that starts simply and ends somewhere unexpected. We were talking about life —…
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Between Two Deserts — What My Heritage Taught Me About Love, Marriage and Commitment
Growing up between deserts Cultural differences in marriage shaped me long before I understood what they meant. I grew up between two worlds, and for a long time, I didn’t fully belong to either. In Montreal, I was the girl with the Tunisian parents — the one whose mother changed the channel when people kissed…