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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

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

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

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

How I learned to detach from the chaos around me

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

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Mini blog alert below #blacklivesmatter✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽 Taking a break from Insta for the next month so I can be fully present in this sweet town with my students & the people I’ve met in this home away from home. Reach me via FB/WhatsApp if you need me.
May we be as resilient as her in these trying times. Newest post in my bio!! 9 life-lessons we can learn from an immunocompromised Torontonian 🙌
Lighthouses stay lighthouses whether rain or shine, just like you. You are a light carrier no matter the season!! ✨
And then all of humanity’s plans froze like 😳🤷‍♀️
Recreated one of my girlfriend’s make-up looks for a challenge she’s doing on her page!! How’d I do Miss? @kyachouh @makeupbykatyachouh 👀
PART 1 of 2 posts:
Went on a hike yesterday to try to keep sane only to reach a suspended platform in the middle of the woods loooollll if that ain’t how humanity is feeling right now??¿¿ 😬🤷‍♀️
☀️ !! Day trips to Percé !! ☀️
When they invented skiing they said they needed to find a way to make going down a mountain more tiring than climbing it (don’t fact-check this) & yet it’s always worth the views!! ☀️⛷

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Reading Week : 3 things that have taken up my break for the past 3 years

By Amanda Tanner on 26 Feb 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

I’m sure I can speak for any University student (who had a rough first half of this semester & who took advantage of last week) when I say: this past break was so well needed. I spent my reading week: 1. on an annual retreat with my church’s youth, 2. […]

Make wall art for your home or future classroom in 15 minutes

By Amanda Tanner on 19 Feb 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

I’m on Reading Week right now as a University student – which is basically March Break in February. I never really understood whether I’m supposed to be studying during this time or whether I should be resting… because some of my professors say, “Well since you have more […]

How to answer to your calling when so many phones are ringing #GLamour

By Amanda Tanner on 12 Feb 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

This Valentine’s day I’m reflecting on love. But, as much as I’d like to write on the things to look for in a significant other, or on the concept of loving yourself before anybody else does, I’ve been facing an ongoing dilemma with my life for the past […]

Ohana, oh na na, half of my heart is in the diaspora

By Amanda Tanner on 29 Jan 2018 • ( 2 Comments )

Shoutout to Camila Cabello and Lilo & Stitch for the title reference. I really hope you read it with a rhythm. P.S. “Ohana” means family. And, you know the rest. A dream my family had been praying about for years had manifested itself this past December. My mom’s whole family […]

Commuting VS Residence | Pros & Cons

By Amanda Tanner on 22 Jan 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

A student asked me a really relevant and refreshing question this past month: “Should I commute and stay home with my family or should I move out when I get into university?” Shoutout to this person for giving me a really good blog idea (copy-pasting most of my […]

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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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