This is why I vote. So this young woman has the life she deserves. So her right to her own body is hers alone. So that we do not destroy the planet before she can save it. So that girls like her have equal opportunities to pay and employment. So she can marry who she wants to marry. Or not marry at all. So she has proper access to medical care. So she can travel this country in safety. So that the forests and mountains and environment are still bountiful and available. So she does not have to spend her life fixing what apathy broke. This is why I vote. So she can see that civic responsibility must be held seriously. So that she knows what an active citizen looks like. So she can see that her voice matters. So that she knows that marking a piece of paper directly leads to her right to talk to and about our government. So that she knows that she is privileged to be born in a place that values women. So that she knows her responsibility to speak for those who have no voices; who were not born to her privilege.
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!
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