by Taslim Jaffer | Mar 23, 2014 | Life Lessons
It’s 6:47 am and I have been up since the baby’s 5 am feed. As the early morning light pushes through the fog, finally, the tears are flowing. I have crept downstairs wrapped in a sweater and heartache, and am honouring the people who lost their lives in...
by Taslim Jaffer | Mar 3, 2014 | Journalling
I’d like to take credit for the title of this blog post, but it originally sat boldly atop an article written by Anne Bains, published in the Toronto Star on January 3, 1994. Her descriptions of being a hyphenated Canadian university student mirrored my own...
by Taslim Jaffer | Nov 6, 2013 | Giving Back
Along this Let ME Out!! journey I have remembered several things that are so ME they feel like home. Here’s what comes naturally to me and makes my spirit so happy: promoting small businesses, particularly those of artists and artisans raising awareness and...
by Taslim Jaffer | Nov 5, 2013 | Giving Back, Motherhood
Hope I’m not too late in offering this suggestion. If the message is tardy this year, let it be something you keep in mind 11 months from now when you start wondering what to do with ALL THIS CANDY that will show up in your house on Hallowe’en night....
by Taslim Jaffer | Nov 4, 2013 | Kindness
The following is a press release that I am choosing to share because it holds information on a really cool campaign coming up this weekend. I’m all for sharing something that might encourage people to step outside of their comfort zones and show some kindness....
by Taslim Jaffer | Oct 30, 2013 | Kindness
The article below was originally published on The Huffington Post Canada and can be found here. Public shaming has become a widespread disease across the web, infecting comment boxes, blog posts, Facebook statuses and tweets. People are not just politely disagreeing;...
