This collection of writing reflects thoughts stemming from the mid 1990s to early 2000s while growing up in Canada, more specifically Ottawa where I spent approximately nineteen years of my life. Other places that have influenced the pieces of writing are New York City, where I spent a few months living with relatives before returning to Ottawa and then Toronto where I ended up going and living for another significant part of my life. All those places and life itself, from my point of view, are found in my writing. I hope you enjoy exploring this collection, and I hope it has you thinking and revisiting various pieces time and time again