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THROWBACK: MAiD minus three

Seven years ago today.

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MAID minus three - Friday, November 16, 2018 — Celia Chandler, Writer
MAID minus 3 - a day in the life of a caregiver/wife
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November 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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NEW CONTENT: Lane Changing Rings

Click the link below to learn how I repurposed the meaningful gold of my wedding rings to create something that reflects my current life.

#newlife #transformation #LaneChanger #LaneChange

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Lane Changing Rings — Celia Chandler, Writer
“I didn’t know you were so sentimental,” a friend said after I showed her my new ring and explained the story. “I’m not,” anxious not to blow my cover as the stoic one. “This is less about preserving...
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November 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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THROWBACK: from the caregiving trenches

Seven years ago today, Jack set the date to die four days later.

#MAiD #dyingwithdignity #medicallyassisteddeath #medicalassistanceindying #Caregiving

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MAID minus four - Thursday, November 15, 2018 — Celia Chandler, Writer
MAID minus 4 - a day in the life of a caregiver/wife
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November 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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NEW CONTENT: I eat, I read, I watch - dining solo #32

Stop eating alone -- dine solo instead!

#DineSolo #diningsolo #youreworthit #treatyourself

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I eat, I read, I watch — dining solo #32 — Celia Chandler, Writer
Sometimes the cupboard is near-bare and even I am stumped about what I might eat. The strip of takeout joints, just two blocks away, is like a siren call to my hungry ears. But one day recently, I cre...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Missed yesterday's lane changer profile? No problem - I'll read it to you!

#LaneChange #LaneChanger #NewLife #transformation
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Lane Changer — Veronika Tursik, in a new lane and behind the wheel for the first time!
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November 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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NEW CONTENT: Lane Changer — Veronika Tursik, in a new lane and behind the wheel for the first time!

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#LaneChanger #LaneChange #reinvention #newlife #HappyChange
Lane Changer — Veronika Tursik, in a new lane and behind the wheel for the first time! — Celia Chandler, Writer
Veronika Tursik lives in a very small hamlet outside Stratford, Ontario. It’s the land of the vehicle so being a non-driver there and working a 35 minute drive away meant that Veronika relied on her h...
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November 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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NEW CONTENT: Lane Changer — Faren Bogach, the fast lanes of lawyering

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If you ARE or KNOW a lane changer, contact me. I'd love to meet you!

#LaneChanger #LaneChange #newlife #reinvention

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Lane Changer — Faren Bogach, the fast lanes of lawyering — Celia Chandler, Writer
Faren Bogach’s lane-leap from equity partner in a 100+ lawyer Toronto firm to start her own construction law firm as a 39 year old mother of three is nearly unheard of. Lawyers are paid to spot risk a...
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September 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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My mother would have loved the Bereavement Authority of Ontario republished my article about her decision to die with medical assistance. I promised I'd continue to make people aware of how MAiD works.
Click below. Story at pg 14.
thebao.ca/issue-13/
#dyingwithdignity #LaneChange #LaneChanger
September 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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NEW CONTENT: Lane Changer - Elana Harte, Changing lanes on the “Being of Service” Highway

Want to know more about @elanaharte.bsky.social from COCHF and Sling Sisters? Read on!

#singingcooper #LaneChange #LaneChanger #coophousing

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Lane Changer - Elana Harte, Changing lanes on the “Being of Service” Highway — Celia Chandler, Writer
If you’re in the co-op housing sector, you’ll know Elana Harte, the Executive Director of the Central Ontario Co-operative Housing Federation (COCHF). But wait, you ask, is that the Elana Harte whose ...
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September 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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NEW CONTENT: Lane Changer - Valerie Groves, when the lane is bordered by perennials and pollinators

#LaneChanger #LaneChange #newlife #transformation #reinvention #gardening #pollinatorgarden

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Lane Changer - Valerie Groves, when the lane is bordered by perennials and pollinators — Celia Chandler, Writer
KIC Gardening Services appears as regularly in my Facebook feed now as its work does in the parks and yards of my Weston Neighbourhood. Its founder, Valerie Groves, is a neighbour too and so it was a ...
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September 14, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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NEW CONTENT: Lane Changer - Judy Holm, from runways to red carpets to the halls of academe
Read the story of recent creative writing MFA grad!
#LaneChange #LaneChanger #reinvention #transformation

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Lane Changer - Judy Holm, from runways to red carpets to the halls of academe — Celia Chandler, Writer
lanechanger
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September 7, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Lane Changer - Carolyn Whitzman, lanes inspired by mother and grandmother

If you work in housing, you'll know her name for shining light on the crisis. Housing's not her first career though. Read on!

#lanechanger #lanechange #reinvention #housingcrisis

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Lane Changer - Carolyn Whitzman, lanes inspired by mother and grandmother — Celia Chandler, Writer
Carolyn Whitzman and I could have been friends when our respective careers began at the City of Toronto. Instead, it’s only now, 35 years later, that we’ve met, both working as we do in housing. We ha...
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August 31, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Curious about @cwhitzman.bsky.social's path to becoming a leading housing consultant in Canada?

Wait for my #LaneChanger profile this Sunday!

#lanechange #reinvention #housing
August 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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NEW CONTENT: Lane Changer - Marya Williams, when life’s lanes bring you full circle

Check out my latest lane changer profile!

#LaneChanger #LaneChange #reinvention #entrepreneur #yogi #weston #westonvillage

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Lane Changer - Marya Williams, when life’s lanes bring you full circle — Celia Chandler, Writer
Thirty-five years ago, pre-teen Marya moved with her family to a house on King Street in my community of Weston. After high school and a college hospitality and tourism program, she fled town for the ...
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August 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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NEW CONTENT: I eat, I read, I watch — dining solo #27. Creamy chicken stuffed zucchini

#zucchiniseason #dinesolo #treatyourself #eatwelllivewell

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I eat, I read, I watch — dining solo #27 — Celia Chandler, Writer
When a neighbour offers you a zucchini from her mother’s garden, you don’t say no. Even though it’s a big one and my fridge was already a bit overstuffed. The very next night I found myself at loose e...
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August 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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NEW CONTENT: Lane Changer - Karly Wilson, waiting aside life’s highway for the next lane
#LaneChange #LaneChanger #transition #reinvention

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Lane Changer - Karly Wilson, waiting aside life’s highway for the next lane — Celia Chandler, Writer
Seven years ago, when I interviewed Karly Wilson to article with me at Iler Campbell, I had a feeling we were going to hit it off. Not just a fellow UVIC law grad, but someone smart, with a sense of h...
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August 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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NEW CONTENT: Lane Changer - Faiv Noelle, solo on a global highway

#LaneChange #LaneChanger #newlife #transition #reinvention

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Lane Changer - Faiv Noelle, solo on a global highway — Celia Chandler, Writer
Thirty-four year old Faiv Noelle has made one heck of a solo lane change. I know about it only because I took an interest in a service provider who shares my aesthetic. You see, Faiv designed my custo...
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August 10, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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NEW CONTENT: I eat, I read, I watch #26
#DineSolo #treatyourself #youreworthit
My take on tofu and recommendations for Sheima Benembarek's book, Halal Sex and BritBox's series about the Mitford sisters, Outrageous.

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I eat, I read, I watch — dining solo #26 — Celia Chandler, Writer
Sometimes even my tiny fridge starts to look bare. Usually there’s a block of tofu lurking within though, and from that, I can cobble together something edible. Tonight is one of those nights.
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August 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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NEW CONTENT: Lane Changer - Sybil Chandler (1928-2025), proud to find life’s off-ramp

A day of mixed emotions as Mom chose to die with medical assistance at age 97. Pride & admiration are the prevailing ones.

#MAiD #assisteddeath #LaneChange #LaneChanger

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Lane Changer - Sybil Chandler (1928-2025), proud to find life’s off-ramp — Celia Chandler, Writer
Mom’s lane change story is the one she was proudest of: exercising her right to a medically assisted death (MAiD) on August 3, 2025.
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August 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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NEW CONTENT: Lane Changer - Michelle Simmons, straddling two lanes in her mid-40s

#LaneChanger #LaneChange #transition #reinvention

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Lane Changer - Michelle Simmons, straddling two lanes in her mid-40s  — Celia Chandler, Writer
Michelle Simmons crossed my radar when she spoke to the Aging in Place Committee at the Co-operative Housing Federation of Toronto, where I work. She talked about the links between aging and compromis...
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August 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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NEW CONTENT: Lane Changer - Jessica Waraich, changing lanes on the career on-ramp

#LaneChanger #LaneChange #CareerStart #changeearly #transition

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Lane Changer - Jessica Waraich, changing lanes on the career on-ramp — Celia Chandler, Writer
Jessica came into my life a decade ago as the then-girlfriend of Jack’s son. Still in her late teens, she was studying to be a health care professional. Much has happened since. Jess’s story is about ...
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July 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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NEW CONTENT: I eat, I read, I watch - Dining Solo #25

#DineSolo #treatyourself #eatwell #eatingalone

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I eat, I read, I watch — dining solo #25 — Celia Chandler, Writer
This probably happens to you too - I buy a rotisserie chicken and then I get stuck on what to do with the meat after about meal three. I googled this dilemma and came up with Kung Pao Chicken. And the...
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July 23, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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NEW CONTENT: Lane Changer - Emma Simpson, from taxiway to writing terminal

Memoirists, take note - it is possible. Emma's first book came out earlier this year!

#LaneChanger #LaneChange #Reinvention #transformation #newlife

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Lane Changer - Emma Simpson, from taxiway to writing terminal — Celia Chandler, Writer
Bet you don’t know an air traffic controller turned writer. I certainly didn’t until Emma Simpson and I met at the Ireland Writers Retreat in June 2024. When I conceived of this lane changer series, i...
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July 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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NEW CONTENT: Lane Changer - Jennifer, crossing lanes from Phuket to pup-minder

#LaneChanger #LaneChange #reinvention #transition #makeachange

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Lane Changer - Jennifer, crossing lanes from Phuket to pup-minder — Celia Chandler, Writer
Funny how you make friends. After Jack died, I was draining all my income on doggie day care. Having someone come to give my girls a midday pee-break seemed a better idea. Jennifer was that person. Fo...
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July 13, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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NEW CONTENT: Lane Changer - Pam Hudak, living on a multi-lane highway

#LaneChanger #LaneChange #reinvention #newlife

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Lane Changer - Pam Hudak, living on a multi-lane highway — Celia Chandler, Writer
They are lane changers and there are Lane Changers. My friend, Pam Hudak, is definitely the latter. Pam compares navigating her four decades of adulthood to being on the multilane highway she was rec...
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July 6, 2025 at 12:08 PM