Vanessa Grillone

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  • To all the books I’ve read this year…

    To all the books I’ve read this year… I LOVE YOU. You’ve gotten me through the long months of quarantine and held my hand during the warm summer months. I’ve borrowed you and shared you, I’ve ordered you online and picked you up at my favourite local stores (A Novel Spot & TYPE Books). I’ve […]

    Vanessa Grillone

    October 17, 2020
    Book Reviews, Lifestyle
  • through the fog (a pandemic diary of sorts)

    How is it already mid-October? How have we lived through ten months of the year and I barely remember any of it? January and February, in my mind they didn’t happen. March, April, May and parts of June flew by in an instant. I was busy getting used to working from home, to staying home, […]

    Vanessa Grillone

    October 15, 2020
    Lifestyle
  • Homesick Adult

      Mom answers the FaceTime call with a smile and a smirk as if she knew I’d be calling her for help. She’s holding her phone too low, all I can see is her chin and up her nose, and yet I feel cozy as a newborn being swaddled. She’s making dinner at her house, […]

    Vanessa Grillone

    September 23, 2018
    Lifestyle
    adulting, Food, homesick, Life, Love, millenial
  • Out of Focus

      The snow is falling without fear, without apprehension. My morning commute is becoming an hour longer than it has to be. My hands grip the wheel as my shoulders hunch up toward my ears. My mind is racing a mile a minute in spite of my car’s snail pace. The flashing break lights in […]

    Vanessa Grillone

    February 7, 2018
    Lifestyle
    focus, Inspiration, Life, Love, Personal, priorities, Work
  • You Don’t Blog Anymore (what was all of it for?)

    I didn’t consciously decide to take a break from writing blog posts, it just happened. I’ve been writing a lot (well some days) thanks to my editing/writing meetings with Amanda (from Be the Next Her) but that’s for a different project. It’s not that I’ve been too busy to blog, I just haven’t felt like […]

    Vanessa Grillone

    June 5, 2017
    Lifestyle
    advice, Books, changes, Inspiration, Life, Personal, Work
  • Thoughts from a loft in Old Montreal

    This is not a travel diary. I’m not going to tell you what to pack when you go to Montreal, or where to stay because I’m not that kind of blogger and there are LOADS of blogs about that out there. I will tell you where to eat in another post because my trips are […]

    Vanessa Grillone

    April 27, 2017
    Foodie Files, Lifestyle
  • Adventure is calling – his name is Alex

     My husband and I often take separate cars when we make plans during the week since we meet up right after work. On our way home from whenever we are, Alex calls me as soon as we get in the car. We talk as I follow him home or he follows me. With our work […]

    Vanessa Grillone

    March 13, 2017
    Lifestyle, Time in T.O
  • Anxiety Update – Back with a Vengeance

    I don’t want to write about this but I should because sometimes a step back means taking a leap forward. I hoped that my previous post about anxiety would be my last. I truly believed that I had gained control over it, that I would never have to deal with the severe heart palpitations, nausea, […]

    Vanessa Grillone

    February 20, 2017
    Lifestyle
    Anxiety, dperession, end the stigma, Life, medication, Mental Health, Personal, Toronto, Work
  • Tell your ‘Boring’ Stories

    In spite of writer’s block and simply not making time to write as often as I should, I still call myself a writer. I believe in stories; that a life is made up of so many chapters, narratives, and essays that it’s difficult to keep track of which part of the book you’re living in. […]

    Vanessa Grillone

    January 30, 2017
    Lifestyle
    Blogs, Life, Love, Podcast, Sociphoria, Writer
  • Anxiety Update

    What most people don’t tell you about anxiety is that even when you’re on medication it never fully disappears. It still lives within you, taking up space in your heart and your mind. It moves in and hibernates until something doesn’t go as planned, work is busy, or you get into a fight with your […]

    Vanessa Grillone

    December 10, 2016
    Lifestyle
    Anxiety, Depression, Life, Love, Mental Health, Newlywed, Personal, Sadness
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