I can only hope these clichés that flood my feed are right – “just be patient”, “if it was meant to be it’ll find its way to you”, “don’t chase, attract”. Blah blah blah.
I can only hope these clichés that flood my feed are right – “just be patient”, “if it was meant to be it’ll find its way to you”, “don’t chase, attract”. Blah blah blah.
Well hello there, it has been a minute so let’s jump right in. Starting the new year off with heartbreak is a tradition I’d frankly like to cancel. 0/10 not a fan 👎🏻 I did not emerge from 2023 unscathed – it was very much the opposite and the better part of 2024 was spent …
I am disentangling myself from my marriage. Since the news hit my public domain I’ve had many responses such as “you’re so brave” or “you’re braver than I” and all of those comments have been from women. Women I have known my entire life and have endured private turmoil that I never knew about. Some …
Her name was foreign Upon the tip of my pen Where once it had been fluid. It wasn’t that I had forgotten her, but that I had forgotten to remember her. His voice carries an authority, An air of confidence spiced with pipe tobacco
These days life itself can be a little overwhelming and now, particularly at this time of year (I can’t believe I’m saying this), Christmas can be a little much. All the incessant cheerful music and sparkly decorations and gooey commercials can sometimes leave you feeling like you have been beaten over the head with a …
I woke up late to a confusing sound. My alarm radio was set but it’s usual music didn’t wake me, there was just a lot of talk. I was camping out on my sister’s living room floor as I waited for residence to open up at my first year experience at the University of Guelph. …
If this year has taught me anything it has been humility. Time and time again I’ve been proven wrong. Wrong about what could happen. Wrong about the possibilities in my life. Wrong about my capabilities and wrong about my limitations. Everything I have thought to be true, etched in stone and unwaverable has been shown …
I have always hated the word “normal” and now this term has become ever more cringeworthy. In the news we are inundated with the turn of phrase “the new normal” and you cannot have a conversation without saying “when things get back to normal” in an effort to make future plans. But here’s the thing, …
Take this from someone who has spent the better part of the last month grasping for any minutiae of information regarding Covid-19 and I can tell you this, it doesn’t matter how much we read or listen to the news we, as a collective layman society, know nothing more about Covid-19 and can offer no …
I have spent this last week in grief. Grieving the loss of what life was, what life is, and what I thought life would be. We’ve lost huge, massive foundations of our life – security and safety. We’ve witnessed the fragility of humankind and the environment, but we’ve seen the absolute persistence of both as …
Elizabeth Cook 