Happy birthday to this incredibly beautiful woman! My best friend is celebrating the day of her birth today, which means she gets a sappy love letter on Instagram from me.
Thank you for being my friend. Thank you for the days when we text until 2am. Thank you for the days when we just check in because the other one has been too quiet. Thank you for your opinions and thoughts and sense of humour. Thank you for the beauty you find in the world. Thank you for eating jellybeans with me. Thank you for always finding the prettiest Christmas ornaments. Thank you for your taste in music. Thank you for being my non-biological family. Thank you for letting me spin on your kitchen stools for way longer than is appropriate for a 37 year old adult to do. Thank you for books that make us cry and movies where we are the only ones who laugh. Thank you for sharing your girls with me. Thank you for loving my kids like they are your own. Thank you for talking through conflicts or misunderstandings.
Thank you for being you.
Thank you for knowing me and still loving me. Happy birthday, Christy. I really, really, really love you.
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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