Jan 8, 2021restraint is… (you don’t, you won’t, you can’t)dear reader, restraint is looking at your life when they’re right in front of you, wearing a mask, standing in the midst of a global pandemic/lockdown/quarantine, and wanting to kiss them so badly, so badly your stomach soars, your heart sinks, your lips achem but you don’t, you won’t, you…Autistic1 min read
Nov 3, 2020Blink: An Addie LaRue Inspired ReflectionDear Reader, Time is a fickle thing. “Blink — and a year is gone. Blink — and five more follow.” Blink — and you are five years old, sitting in the Early Years Centre, writing The Mouse Goes to Find a Big Piece of Cheese, and illustrating it, too. And…Autistic2 min read
Oct 22, 2020The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue: A JournalDear Reader, Where do I even start? This book is memorable. Extraordinarily so. Addie is an immortal girl, destined to live forever (until she decides not to) — but she is also cursed to be forgotten. Out of sight, out of mind. Literally. The novel, while 450 pages, does not…Books2 min read
Oct 8, 2020The Fish GirlDear Reader, It’s mid morning on a midweek day. The sun is slipping in and out of the lake, the water slipping in and out of shadow. The shore is vast and quiet — soon it will be full of fish children relieved to be out of their desk chairs…Autistic4 min read
Sep 21, 2020Expectation Preparation ft. ENG4UDear Reader, High school starts off with piles of compulsory courses. By the time we get to our final year, we have one single compulsory course left: English. Not only is it the only compulsory course for the grade 12s, but every single university program requires it. But should they? …Autistic2 min read
Aug 22, 2020Talk. Your World Will World Better.Dear Reader, It all started with a talk. As I’m headed into my final year of high school with a solid support system, I find myself reminiscing about my final year of elementary school. That girl seemed happy. She had a big group of friends and a big group of…Autistic3 min read
Aug 18, 2020I WonderDear Reader, do you ever stop and wonder? because i do. i wonder what it would be like to be somebody else. to be perfect in the eyes of society. to do everything right. i wonder how much of an impact i might have on somebody’s life. how one small…Autistic1 min read
Aug 12, 2020This Year Isn’t Heaven, But It Isn’t HellDear Reader, last year was hell. it started on thursday, march 7. i ate lunch with the one friend i was still hanging onto by a thread, but we barely spoke. the thread snapped. i ate alone at our table on friday. and on monday, march 18, i started eating…Autistic3 min read
Aug 8, 2020QueenDear Reader, I’m not really sure what this poem is. I’d forgotten it even existed until I was going through my journal. i may be a queen but i was a princess first cracking friendships being crushed by crushes romanticizing death learning the peoples’ dance how to be pretty and…Autistic1 min read
Aug 6, 2020CrowdsDear Reader, I don’t hate much. But I h a t e crowds. With a passion. I feel so small, so out of control, so overloaded. Corn replaced with people, cannot find my way Running through the maze, discombobulated heart Overwhelming noise thudding my ears Water nowhere to be found…Autistic1 min read
