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April 9, 2018 by Katia
Tomorrow I’ll be coming back to work after a two-week vacation in Portugal and Spain. When I ride the subway …
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Category: Sometimes I'm deep, Time, Travel, Wanderlust, Writing
| Tags: Europe vacation, Family travel, Life at work, Lisbon, March break vacation, Portugal, thoughts, Thoughts on time, Time, Travel, Travel with kids, Wanderlust, Working mom
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December 7, 2017 by Katia
I sometimes think about a different form of time travel, one where past is conveniently wrapped in the present and …
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Category: Feelings, Identity, Immigration, Nostalgia, Sometimes I'm deep
| Tags: 90s, 90s music, Axl Rose, Childhood, concert, GnR, Guns N' Roses, Identity, Not in This Lifetime Tour, Slash, teenage years, throwback, Toronto Concert
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September 30, 2017 by Katia
Houses, trees. We are programmed to think that certain things are durable, solid, monolithic. A house, a tree, evoke …
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Category: Feelings, Sometimes I'm deep
| Tags: adapting, changes, family home, Feelings, first time home, home owners, homes, houses, life lessons, random, stability, thoughts, trees
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July 21, 2017 by Katia
Exactly three weeks ago on Friday I stood on stage in front of a large audience, reading something quite personal …
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Category: Blogging, Feelings, Feminism, Identity, Immigration, Sometimes I'm deep, Women, Writing
| Tags: bloggers, BlogHer17; VOTY, empowerment, Female Empowerment, Female Friendship, growth, immigrant voices, immigrant voices matter, Immigration, overcoming, personal growth, support, Voices of the year
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June 4, 2017 by Katia
Once when I was eight or nine years old a hand grenade was thrown on the bus that I was …
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Category: Feelings, Sometimes I'm deep, Terror, Uncategorized
| Tags: London Attack, Scarred, Terror
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March 16, 2017 by Katia
There are certain recurring dates that I encounter at different corners of my life through same-day birthdays, anniversaries and less …
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Category: Feelings, Friendship, Identity, Immigration, Nostalgia, Sometimes I'm deep, Women
| Tags: Birthday, Canada, Feelings, Female Friendship, Friendship, goodbyes, Letting go, milestones, relocation
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February 2, 2017 by Katia
“You know what an accent is, don’t you? It’s a sign of bravery” a friend chimed in on a Facebook …
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Category: Feelings, I miss me, Identity, Immigration, Loss, Nostalgia, Sometimes I'm deep, Uncategorized, Women
| Tags: accent, empowerment, finding your voice, finding yourself, growth, Identity, immigrant identity, Immigration, Immigration as loss, Loss, North America, redefining yourself, Sense of identity
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December 6, 2016 by Katia
Hey, you. Remember being twelve years-old and having wise thoughts? Somehow traveling outside of your country for the first time, …
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Category: Feelings, Feminism, I miss me, Identity, Immigration, Motherhood, Netflix, Sometimes I'm deep, TV, Uncategorized, Women, Writing
| Tags: empowerment, experience, Female Empowerment, Growing up, how to be a grownup, Letter, letter to myself, maturing, Netflix, Open letter, Stream Team, StreamTeam, thoughts
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September 26, 2016 by Katia
All the little things. A week flies by, crawling as it does so, and you’ve already forgotten about the apple …
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Category: Feelings, Motherhood, Nostalgia, Sometimes I'm deep, Women
| Tags: boy mom, little things, love stories, mom life, Motherhood, Motherhood surprises, overlooked loves, thankfulness, writing challenge, writing prompt
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September 25, 2016 by Katia
I rarely experience museums the same way anymore. At best they’re a promise that never quite gets fulfilled. Mostly we …
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Category: I miss me, Identity, Mommy's overwhelmed, Motherhood, Nostalgia, Sometimes I'm deep, Uncategorized
| Tags: I miss me, Identity, identity after motherhood, missing, mom life, Motherhood, museum studies, museums, past, remembering, student life, university, writing challenge