Author: sachad

  • A Tonic-Clonic (aka grand-mal) Seizure and a Fractured Spine: A Personal Take on Rehabilitation

    A Tonic-Clonic (aka grand-mal) Seizure and a Fractured Spine: A Personal Take on Rehabilitation

    In the early morning of April 27th, I woke up to use the bathroom. Waking up after five or six hours seems to be the norm after giving birth to two beautiful boys. But something was different this time – I felt incredibly unwell. I have fainted in the past, and figured that maybe I…

  • Overcoming Insomnia

    Overcoming Insomnia

    I was a good sleeper for most of my life. The occasional sleepless night would happen when I was particularly excited or particularly stressed. I would have too much energy to sleep, but my sleep patterns would return to normal the following night. Then 2012 happened. There were a series of stressful events – job…

  • The Journey of Becoming a Freelance Writer

    The Journey of Becoming a Freelance Writer

    On a cold January day in Edmonton in 2016, I looked out my office window that was in a dreary industrial park. I saw a lonesome tree with beautiful fractals of frost in the middle of a cement parking lot, surrounded by buildings with plain brown facades and other parking lots. There was nothing more…