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Mahnoor Chaudhry

To all women afraid of blood,

To all women afraid of blood,

You won’t be allowed into Doctors Hospital’s operating theatre in Lahore. In fact, no women will be allowed in, afraid of blood or not. And that’s mostly thanks to my mom. It all started when she asked me to grab her phone from the room across the

To my three-legged racer,

To my three-legged racer,

Competitiveness is nothing new to me. In fact, it started at the very young age of 9, when I traumatized you, an unlucky classmate, just to win a school race.

Blue and gold prayer mat with red tasbeeh on top

To the angel under the stairs,

There are some days when I desperately need God.

Spring

Spring

The magnolia in my backyard chuckles Water in the bay gossips Each wave whispers the rumor to the next The clouds turn their face away Shy Bashful Winds whistle by “Get a room,” they say A spring in my step Rosy pink earth The sun Kissed Vancouver again.

Vancouver Island in 3 days

Vancouver Island in 3 days

Can you do Vancouver → Victoria → Tofino in a single weekend with a baby in tow? Spoiler: yes. Here's our full itinerary, thoughts, and everything we learned along the way.

A hand adding a red puzzle piece to an all grey puzzle board

To my missing piece,

They told me to calm down, to gather myself, that it would help you, that it would be better for you, but how could I? How could I when the baby that I had nourished and grown and had dreams and plans for was slipping through my swollen fingers?

Photo of my grandma smiling and knitting me a pink woollen scarf.

Grandma

I will forever carry my nani's love with me.