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Comparison with life back “home” in Canada

Working Title
December 20, 2020February 2, 2022 Amy

Working Title

Canada, Teaching ESL

I have not written in a while since the work-home grind keeps us busy from morning to night. The added (and ever changing) sanitary precautionary

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Summer Time. 2020 Vision
October 6, 2020January 3, 2022 Amy

Summer Time. 2020 Vision

Canada

Summer Time… and the livin’ is easy As I write this I hear the crickets chirp outside. A sign that the sun is out and

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Read. Write. Photograph. Tell the stories.
August 18, 2020January 10, 2022 Amy

Read. Write. Photograph. Tell the stories.

Canada

Read. Write. Photograph. Make memories. Tell the stories. Looking back : me and Honduras Some people, myself included, tend to look back with fondness and nostalgia

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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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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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