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Always Running
August 12, 2020February 2, 2022 Amy

Always Running

Canada, Teaching ESL

I have a question for parents of young children: When was the last time you were bored? Parenthood has brought my multi-tasking ability to a

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Not All is Lost
July 6, 2020February 2, 2022 Amy

Not All is Lost

Canada, Teaching ESL

The trauma of the pandemic on both children and adults it real. No one is immune, I speak for working mothers. We are all going

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Heat and Exhaustion
July 2, 2020February 2, 2022 Amy

Heat and Exhaustion

Canada, Teaching ESL

Here is the summary of my past few weeks of teaching ESL in elementary school. This is the third installment of the diary notes I

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Back to School for a Second Time
June 7, 2020February 2, 2022 Amy

Back to School for a Second Time

Canada, Teaching ESL

Week 2: Meet the Students I would like to start off by acknowledging that each teacher’s situation in their school board and even their specific

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The Past 17 Days of Teaching
June 3, 2020February 2, 2022 Amy

The Past 17 Days of Teaching

Canada, Teaching ESL

Back to work post confinement I would like to start off by acknowledging that each teacher’s situation in their school board and even their specific

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El Plato Tipico
April 27, 2020February 2, 2021 Amy

El Plato Tipico

Canada, Honduras

These days, I have food on the brain. This is a post about el plato tipico de Honduras (the typical dish) and my musings on

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Overcoming Anxiety during the Lockdown – Search for Meaning
April 13, 2020February 9, 2021 Amy

Overcoming Anxiety during the Lockdown – Search for Meaning

Canada, Honduras

I recently found the following piece of writing while going through the Word files in the Blog folder on my desktop computer. I wrote this

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Our Daily Routine
March 29, 2020July 6, 2020 Amy

Our Daily Routine

Canada

Each and every one of us is experiencing stress and anxiety at the moment with the Coronavirus pandemic constantly interrupting our thoughts. I do not

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Side Trip to Cuba
March 28, 2020January 4, 2022 Amy

Side Trip to Cuba

Cuba, Travel Central America

In March 2018, I travelled to Matanzas, Cuba with a group of teenagers from Drummondville, Québec who were participating on a school exchange with ARO

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Stuck at Home
March 17, 2020July 6, 2020 Amy

Stuck at Home

Canada, Honduras

Political Unrest in Honduras During the two years we lived in Honduras, we experienced several episodes of political unrest and subsequent lockdown orders to stay

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About the author:

Amy is a mother of two young children, educator, and wife of a Canadian diplomat. She started writing about her adventures during their two year posting in Honduras and has not stopped since. Topics include travel adventures, honest teaching stories, and the ups and downs of family life. They are presently on their second posting - Barbados.

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