by Taslim Jaffer | Mar 30, 2015 | Life Lessons, Motherhood
Last Tuesday was nuts. I should have rescheduled the kids’ dentist appointments for another day that was less full, but I really thought it could be done. If everyone would go by my watch and my timing, there would be no problem. Unfortunately, I’m...
by Taslim Jaffer | Mar 26, 2015 | Giving Back
…One of these things is not the same! (Special props to anyone who can leave the source of this song in the comments!) Normally I try to categorize my 3 Things Thursday posts so that the items ‘go’ together. They don’t have to be done this way,...
by Taslim Jaffer | Mar 17, 2015 | Giving Back
March 21, 2015 marks my 5th anniversary with Pandora’s Collective, a literary arts non-profit organization in Vancouver. In a nutshell, this small group of creatives works hard year-round to make the arts accessible to all as a tool for healing and inspiration....
by Taslim Jaffer | Mar 2, 2015 | Giving Back
Sometimes, along with the inspiring endeavours that come my way, come the disturbing facts that remind me of why such endeavours must exist in the first place. To be honest, I make a conscious effort to focus on the helpers and the creativity behind what they are...
by Taslim Jaffer | Feb 17, 2015 | Journalling
After Saturday morning’s 5 am feed, I couldn’t fall back to sleep. My head was a jumble of thoughts that chased each other like clothes in a dryer. It was pre-dawn and I was tired, but I knew these thoughts would add to my fatigue. I had to do something....
by Taslim Jaffer | Feb 12, 2015 | Giving Back
I’m sitting in the pre-dawn inky-ness, and in the next 20 minutes or so I will be typing away to the soundtrack of birdsong. I heard them a few mornings ago for the first time this year – another reminder that time is moving along, waiting for nobody. Not...
