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Confession: I was terrified to have kids.
It always has to be that aunty:
Jul 28 • 
Katrin
3
Mother
“I can’t do this!”
Jul 16 • 
Katrin
3
6
the golden necklace
We sat in the cafeteria at Lakeridge Health in Oshawa.
Jul 9 • 
Katrin
3
5

June 2025

What you imagined? It gets even better.
We just always seem to forget that part, especially when we're going through it.
Jun 16 • 
Katrin
5
2

February 2025

I cancelled my entire university Exam Day.
...and called in the Emergency Task Force.
Feb 6 • 
Katrin
3
4

December 2024

But it wasn't hard for you.
...like it was for me.
Dec 17, 2024 • 
Katrin
4
12

July 2024

Goodnight, I Love You.
A nightly ritual.
Jul 22, 2024 • 
Katrin
5
4

March 2024

If this is what dying feels like — it's peaceful.
An unconventional birth story.
Mar 18, 2024 • 
Katrin
2
3

February 2024

They said it would be fun...
I was expecting baby bliss — but felt the complete opposite.
Feb 28, 2024
1
1

January 2024

what it's like to love a narcissist
maybe it'll be different this time?
Jan 24, 2024 • 
Katrin
2
2

December 2023

Life, Death & Rebirth
The initiation into motherhood and transmuting the pain of loss — to gratitude. After all, love needs a place to go.
Dec 13, 2023 • 
Katrin
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