When I was in my first year of university, I killed a bamboo plant. I used to tell people this proudly, as if I had the best excuse in the world to not be a gardener. It took me years to realize that this was a total copout. I had no idea how to care for a plant and had no intension on learning. I vividly recall leaving it in my window over the winter holidays, where likely the heaters were on low, and the cold Toronto weather did not do the plant any favours. With even the l

The famous question: Why am I?

The famous question: Why am I?

In 2017, I tore my ACL while training to become a kids' yoga instructor. But that isn't my most vivid memory of the year. What I remember is my partner saying to me, "You'll need a hobby for when you're recovering from surgery - you should write a book or learn to draw or something." That evening as I went to sleep, this idea played in my mind. The spark had ignited, and it roared into a flame all on its own. Even after I had started, I didn't believe that I would actually wr