Kali J Desautels

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Originally intended to simply focus on book reviews, over time, KaliDesautelsReads has morphed into its own entity. I write about issues that are near to my heart, be they political, feminist, motherhood, mental health, or, as the title holds, books. A thirty-something Canadian woman in my mid-thirties, I have been “super married” to my high school sweetheart since 2006, and together we have two crazy, clever, kind, hilarious, wonderful kids. My first book – How Not To Blog: Finding Myself, One Post at a Time is available on Amazon (in eBook formats for you clever tech readers, and paperback for those of us who love that new book smell!) I have tried a podcast – it’s still on Apple and Google Podcasts – but writing is where my heart is. My life changed dramatically when my husband was diagnosed with Stage 3 cancer in 2018, and I am now a writer for a leading Canadian Cancer Non-Profit. I am lucky enough to have a family that loves me and pushes me to be my best, even if it is outside of my cushiony comfort zone. I have a village of friends that nourish me, mentally, and spiritually. Welcome to my thoughts. Sit down. Stay a while. Enjoy a cup of coffee!

Loving My Merida Curls

I have spent 30+ years trying to take my mop of hair. In 2012, Pixar created the princess to end all princesses – Merida, with her fiery tangle of wild curls, because my hair queen. Seriously, you guys, her hair has its own personality, and as any curly girly can tell you, so does ours. Falling in my face, while simultaneously standing on end? Yep, just another Tuesday. Today, a coworker mentioned that my hair looked like Merida’s, and it made my heart sing. (No, seriously, you know that song when she gets up that waterfall? Yeah, my heart was SINGING!!) Whether her comment was meant as a compliment or a tease, I am choosing to accept it as the compliment that my heart needed today and to make peace with and enjoy my own mane of indomitable curls. Because you know what? Merida does, and Merida is hair GOALS! …

#merida #hairgoals #curls #compliment #frizzyhair #curlyhair #wild #pixar #disney #brave #princess #thankful #lovemyself #effyourbeautystandards #beYOUtiful #crazy #fff #followforfollowback #followforlike #followformore #followforfollow #f4f #sfs #s4s #lfl #kalidesautelsreads

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