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!

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  • Rest In Peace, Justice Ginsburg. And above all, just rest.

    Justice Ginsburg was a powerhouse, and continued working into her late 80s to try to keep the bench as balanced as she could. No one should go through the pain of late stage metastatic pancreatic cancer, while also knowing that the balance of power in her nation depended on her ability to continue to do…

  • Fake It Til You Make It

    Fake it til you make it! This week the kids are back to school and we are trying to get back to normal. I decided that the best way to feel like I was going to work as normal was to dress like I was going to work as normal. Over the last couple of…

  • 14 Years

    14 years. We have been married for 14 years as of today. The social média thing to do would be to write “14 years married to my best friend!!! No one else I could imagine on this crazy journey called life! I will spend every single day holding your hand, baby!!!! I love you soooooo…

  • Happy Friday!

    Happy Friday! It’s September, which was always an exciting time for me. My sister suggested a couple of years ago that September is another New Year, and since then, that is how I have tried to approach it. This New Year, I am continuing to be mindful with spending/saving, I am continuing with educating myself…

  • Back to School – COVID édition

    Back to school 2020 is a bit different than previous years, but the perfunctory first day of school photo is an old standard. We painted that door red for our girls’ first day of preschool 9 years ago, and every year less and less of it shows up in their pictures are they grow. Today…

  • Growing Up :(

    My baby is going into her last year before high school. Seriously not ready for my little one to be so grown up!!! Struggling with mean girls and body image and fashion and school and all the things preteen girls seem to struggle with, and the added bonus of COVID is making her less excited…

  • First they came for…

    “First they came for the CommunistsAnd I did not speak outBecause I was not a Communist Then they came for the SocialistsAnd I did not speak outBecause I was not a Socialist Then they came for the trade unionistsAnd I did not speak outBecause I was not a trade unionist Then they came for the…

  • International Overdose Awareness Day 2020

    Repost• @overdoseawarenessday Today, in every corner of the world, is International Overdose Awareness Day. This year has been harder than most. We have lost so many loved ones. But today we remember those we’ve lost, love the people left behind, and pledge to do all we can to #EndOverdose. #IOAD2020 💜#overdoseawareness #overdose #overdoseawarenessday #internationaloverdoseawarenessday #august31

  • Rest In Power, Chadwick Boseman

    Hey everyone. I hope you are all having a lovely weekend, and have had some time to rest before the end of summer. I haven’t posted much lately, because my coping skills have been poor. I shrink into myself when I can’t cope. I have made mistakes, dealt with some minor and major stresses, taken…

  • #JusticeForJacob

    Posted @withregram • @shaunking An armed white supremacist with an AR-15 shot and KILLED two people in Kenosha, Wisconsin last night – and police literally did NOTHING. In fact, I’ve seen videos of them giving water to these armed white men, thanking them for their support.