Empress Tea just had its one year anniversary! So to celebrate, we’ve compiled another fabulous group post with the theme, Firsts. There are nine bite-sized stories – perfect for reading on the go, or…
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I’ve not held what anyone would call a “normal” job for over ten years. I haven’t had a 52 week a year, 7 day a week, 8 hour a day career for, really, my…
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I must admit that I nearly forgot the deadline for my blog posting today (and technically missed it, boo me), and even though the general topic for it – a quote by romantic poet…
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I’m in quite the mood and I can’t tell you why. I chalk it up to being one of those days. The type where nothing cataclysmic has occurred, but a few choice encounters have…
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We were so innocent. When the Burnaby School Board began debating Policy 5.45, a sexual orientation and gender policy, no one I knew noticed or cared. You can read more about the policy here:…
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These are an assortment of handmade creative cards to help me through moments of: dullness & low energy, moodiness, feeling stuck, and exhibiting destructive behaviours or poisonous thoughts that are detrimental to my artistic…
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“Then all around from far away across the world he smelled good things to eat…” What’s true for Max in Where the Wild Things Are also rings true for me. The need to find…
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I was standing on top of the escalators making my decent into the mall. My mind racing, as usual, covering every emotion, lesson and piece of advice I’d had over the last twenty months,…
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On March 12, one day after the earthquake I received this email: Hi Kimberly, There was huge earthquake yesterday. I have not experienced such big before. Are you OK? Everything is fine? If you…
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I rank 49,561,166 on the Global Rich List. That may not sound like much, but in a world with approximately 6 billion people, it puts me in the top 0.82% in terms of income.…