Any excuse to wear my gold sequinned chucks is a good excuse. Ugly sweater day at work today seemed like a perfectly good reason. #festive #festiveseason #golden #sequin #sparklesparkle #sopretty #chucks #converse #cons #uglysweaterparty #uglysweater #december #work #workingmoms #wednesdayvibes #midweekmotivation

When the last Star Wars original saga film is being released, is there any other Christmas sweater other than an R2D2 one to wear??? I didn’t think so! #christmas #christmassweater #r2d2 #starwars #saga #festive #chucks #happyholidays #smile #bathroomselfies #work #scifi #nerdygirl #yvr #vancouver #vancouverchristmas #canadiancancersociety #kalidesautelsreads

Currently reading Periods Gone Public: Taking A Stand For Menstrual Equity. In other news, my children find me embarrassing. Clearly these two things are not at all related. #period #periodsgonepublic #menstruationmatters #feministmama #transinclusivefeminism #feminism #womensrightsarehumanrights #vpl #jenniferweisswolf #vancouverpubliclibrary #momlife #nonfictionbooks #socialactivism #empoweringwomen #kalidesautelsreads

In less than a week, Christmas will be here. Usually it isn’t Christmas itself that brings me the most joy, it is the month and a half of anticipation, sparkle, and music that excites me. I love seeing trees erected, and fluffy (usually artificial) snowflakes, and hearing carols, and yes, even Mariah’s All I Want…

This is your Saturday night reminder that the people who love you really, really love you. The people who don’t aren’t your people. Focus on the love. #lovequotes #love #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters #believeinyourselfalways #suicideprevention #suicideawarness #seasonsoflove #quoteoftheday #qotd #qotd🌸 #focusonthegood #focusonlove #youareloved #universallove #kalidesautelsreads

If you don’t have a lightsaber battle with wrapping paper tubes, is it even Christmas? #christmas #cardboardlightsaber #wrappingwar #wrappingpaper #battlefront #battle #myson #myguys #love #holidayseason #lovethem #kalidesautelsreads

I’m so sick. But I am also on a new job. I can hardly sit up, but I am sitting on the train. I will make it through my work, and then I am off for week of Christmas vacation. So to remind myself to try to function, I am wearing a chin up T-shirt,…

I KINDLED my eight little candles, My Chanukah-candles–and lo! Fair visions and dreams half-forgotten To me came of years long ago. I musingly gazed at my candles; Meseemed in their quivering flames In golden, in fiery letters I read the old glorious names, The names of our heroes immortal, The noble, the brave, and the…

“I’ll have a blue Christmas without you I’ll be so blue just thinking about you Decorations of red on our green Christmas tree Won’t be the same dear, if you’re not here with me And when those blue snowflakes start fallin’ That’s when those blue memories start callin’ You’ll be doin’ all right, with your…

This song has been on my mind for the last 24 hours, so when it played to open my flow class today, I took it as a sign that this is where I needed to be in this moment. Thank you, Bri. Thank you so much. “When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother…