Brunch at Cora

Hi Mom, I was at Cora, a breakfast-brunch place that I know your brother John really liked. And while I was waiting for my favourite fruit bowl to take to go, I was thinking that I wish I had taken you to this place. We could have gone to meet John Mama at the one

Julia Roberts and Other Favourites

Dear Mom, I saw a billboard picture of Julia Roberts the other day at a local bus stop, and I couldn’t help but to smile. Yes, it was partly because she was smiling her big, beautiful, iconic smile, but mostly because I remember she was one of your favourites. I remember when you told me

Heartland and Other Shows- I get it now…

Dear Mom, Not only did I stay up until 12am to message you on the day of your birthday, but I also stayed up longer after that to watch a couple of Heartland episodes. It’s my new favourite show. I wish I could have been up late watching it with you. Or watching anything with

Five years later feels like just yesterday

Dear Mom, I’ve been anticipating this date with so much dread and heaviness- February 10th. Exactly five years ago today, February 10th, 2015, you had fallen outside of your place and that eventually led to your passing away, a shock to all of us, including you, I am sure. It breaks my heart everytime I

Live Life

Dear Mom, Again, I haven’t written to you here in awhile. It’s not that I don’t have a lot to say. Sometimes, I have so much to say. I don’t know where to start. And I think that it has to be something in particular. Something worthy of talking about or different than the usual

Navroz Mubarak, Mommy

Dear Mom, It’s Navroz today. But of course, you would know that. You always knew the special dates of when our celebrations would happen. I miss all the copies of the calendars you would get for everyone, so that we could all keep track of the dates ourselves too. I’m sorry I never really made