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9 life-lessons to learn from an immunocompromised Torontonian right now

By Amanda Tanner on 8 Apr 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

To the student who’s anxious and uncertain about the near future because of COVID

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For the first time in a long time, I’m proud to be Iraqi

By Amanda Tanner on 7 Oct 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

If change is the only constant in life, why are we so afraid of it?

By Amanda Tanner on 30 Sep 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

A letter to all my loved ones as I move to a new city

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How I learned to detach from the chaos around me

By Amanda Tanner on 29 Jul 2019 • ( 2 Comments )

9 life-lessons to learn from an immunocompromised Torontonian right now

To the student who’s anxious and uncertain about the near future because of COVID

If change is the only constant in life, why are we so afraid of it?

Teaching in Jordan: How to do our part without actually teaching in Jordan

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9 life-lessons to learn from an immunocompromised Torontonian right now

By Amanda Tanner on 8 Apr 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

The world is collectively experiencing a “break” in their “normal life.” My friend Christa Manouk is no stranger to experiencing “breaks.” She got diagnosed with an autoimmune disease 4 years ago and COVID-19 is almost a déjà-vu for her now. She didn’t expect to be trapped in her […]

To the student who’s anxious and uncertain about the near future because of COVID

By Amanda Tanner on 18 Mar 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

I’m with you. I’ve been there. Now it’s no pandemic but when my university went on strike for 5 months (about exactly 2 years ago today) I won’t lie to you, it got to me. It put a pause on what I was used to as daily life […]

For the first time in a long time, I’m proud to be Iraqi

By Amanda Tanner on 7 Oct 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Disclaimer: if you don’t know what’s happening in Iraq right now, here’s a link that explains it better than I could! I have not been able to point to Iraq on a map and call it home for my entire existence to date, although my roots stretch into […]

If change is the only constant in life, why are we so afraid of it?

By Amanda Tanner on 30 Sep 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

+ pics from this beautiful east coast!

A letter to all my loved ones as I move to a new city

By Amanda Tanner on 9 Sep 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Okay that title’s a little misleading… it’s definitely not a city I’m moving to… say hello to your newest small-town-girl!    After a week of training in Québec City last week (which is another beauty on its own, check out these pics:) I got onto a questionable plane […]

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Verse of the month

“The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”

-Psalm 23: 1-4

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I hope you know your worth today. I hope you breathed. And I hope you gave yourself the same amount of grace you give others when they make mistakes.

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