Stay positive and appreciate every day To be honest, I never expected anything like the COVID pandemic, or the quarantine could ever happen. If someone had told me last year that we would be staying at home coping with anxiety and uncertainty because of the unknown disease spreading around the world like wildfire, I would…

Juggling Life During Unprecedented Times I had almost finished my diploma at NSCC, Dartmouth, not knowing I would complete it in the middle of a global pandemic. At first, I thought it would be very challenging because I have three children in school and my classes were going to be online. My old laptop computer…

Getting To Tell About It Driving through the streets in Halifax, I get goosebumps. It feels as if I am the only person in the whole city who has dared to go outside. The eerie sensation takes me back to the summer of 2006 in Israel. As an essential worker, I had to leave my…

A Blessing in Disguise We were so prepared, we had it all ready and kept counting down to March 19 to meet our little princess. No one saw it coming, no warning, no whispers!     And just like a thief, COVID crept up on us and changed everything. I have never experienced a pandemic…

Planned and the Unplanned Covid-19 portrays itself to me as a hard teacher that no one likes.  At first, the lockdown seemed to be an opportunity to relax for about two weeks, get refreshed, and go back to normal activities. Little did I know there would be no such word as normal. How can I…

Staying Still In the middle of March, Halifax went into lockdown, while the days were still cold and short. The pandemic was moving closer. It was unavoidable; nobody will be spared. So many questions emerged, how will our “normal” day by day be transformed? How will our social life be changed? Life slowed down, no…

Memories and COVID I am an immigrant Physician from Venezuela, born in Chile. As a young child, my family emigrated to Venezuela, where I grew up. Since childhood, I had a real passion for science and the human body, so I became a doctor working in the emergency room in a hospital in a rural…

Resilience in a Pandemic I am Sol Matalam, Filipino by blood. Born Islam, but grew up Catholic. I worked for the hospitality industry for six years. I currently volunteer for the Filipino community through East Coast Filipino Portal and Settle East Coast. I am an advocate for mental health. In 2018, I was clinically diagnosed…

Is It Fair Like you, I too experienced loss during this pandemic. As the days passed, I lost the yearning to continue my routine in these uncertain times. I lost my discipline and wandered, or instead slumped aimlessly. I lost my patience a little too often with my daughter. I lost my courage when I…

Challenges and Opportunities I can say that absolutely everyone’s life has changed since “this story” with COVID-19 started. For my family and me, this time was weird and still is, but I like the positive influence as a result of the pandemic. We started spending more time together as schools and offices were closed for…

My Experience During the COVID-19 I am Odutope Macauley-Okoro. A wife, mother, and caregiver. I moved to Nova Scotia two years ago, and I must say, life was good. And then, just like a jungle cat, the pandemic glided into our lives and changed everything as we know it. I had to stop working to…

Reset, Rediscover and Reconnect When this year started, I recall complaining almost daily that I was tired or too busy. Whenever people asked me how I was, I would always say, “I’m fine, but tired.” It was the ringtone of my life. Before the pandemic, I was constantly on the move, as a newly married…

FINDING PURPOSE IN THE MIDST OF CHAOS Everything around looked bleak and hopeless. The world was dealing with an unprecedented crisis of COVID-19, leaving me to face a difficult question. How was I going to manage by myself confined within the walls of my apartment for an undefined period? Though I was safe and felt…

We Are Like House Rats I am a stay-at-home mom with four amazing boys between the ages of three and nine and a wonderful strong supportive husband, my best friend. Staying home is normal for me, but for the boys and my husband, it is challenging. Having each other has kept us strong along with…

Oh My, COVID COVID, coronavirus, or a pandemic? What is my feeling about it? I wish I had a simple answer to that.  There is never a coin with just one side, and there isn’t one way for me to describe my feelings towards COVID. I am fearful. Fearful for my kids, fearful for the…

My Life During COVID-19 COVID-19 changed our life dramatically, starting with everyday tasks such as shopping, study, work, and travel. Moreover, this pandemic made us rely more and more on technology. For me, this pandemic brought lots of changes to my life, my education, job, and not being able to visit my family. Before this…

Who would have thought? Who would have thought or believed that the economy could shut down so quickly due to a pandemic? Most often, people’s lives and the economy encounter such challenges in the face of war, but here we are fighting the war of Covid-19 which has resulted in so many deaths, fear, and…

COVID – The New Normal I awoke by the sweet chirping sounds outside, surprised, I got up and looked at my watch, it was 8 am. Never have I heard birds from my window. We haven’t left our apartment since March 13 and have stayed indoors for the last two months. ISome say it is…

Everything Has Two Sides – Also COVID-19 The first country which had Covid-19 was my homeland, China. I was so worried about my family in China, especially my parents, because it’s easier for elders to die from this disease. Unfortunately, Covid-19 quickly spread to the whole world. Although it has been horrible, it also gives…

How Covid-19 Helped Me Discover My Inner Baker When the world started to realize that Covid-19 was indeed a real threat to human lives and as it began to spread all around the world, Nova Scotia declared a state of emergency. Immediately survival scenarios started to play in my mind. My motherly mind became sharper.…