Basically. Life is life. Sometimes it sucks. Sometimes it rocks. Sometimes it’s comme ci, comme ça. If your minute is sucking right now, please know it’s a minute. If your minute is amazing, celebrate the freaking hell out of it!!! That’s life – no matter how you look at it – as a wheel, as a graph, whatever, there are ups and downs. You’re supposed to cry. You’re supposed to laugh. You’re supposed to stub your toe and drop things. You’re supposed to burst with happiness and smell your baby’s hair. You’re even allowed to do all those things at once. No, I’m not advocating dropping babies, but if your baby slid off your lap this morning, kiss her and stop beating yourself up. If you dropped your phone and cracked it because you were so excited that @therock retweeted your post – it’s ok! The freaking Rock retweeted your post! Of course you dropped your damn phone! That’s life.
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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