When Shelly Bazil-Smith and her family moved from the Caribbean to Sault Ste. Marie, they took a leap into the unknown — and it paid off. They were previously living on different islands but came together in Canada, now she works as an employment counsellor and runs a consulting business with her husband.
When Shelly Bazil-Smith and her family moved from the Caribbean to Sault Ste. Marie, they took a leap into the unknown — and it paid off.
Among the many hurdles the family faced while immigrating to the Great White North, getting acclimatized to the reality of winter was top of mind. “When you go to the grocery store or if you're walking on the street, people stop and say hi, they ask you where you're from. They are genuinely interested in you; they're not just asking you for the sake of asking.”
In her hometown, Saint Joseph, she found inspiration to write a children’s book, Praying for Coconuts, which came about because of her experience living in the path of hurricanes. Their ties to the Caribbean started to fray once the pandemic hit. While her husband worked as an emergency room doctor in the early days of COVID, the stress and despair eventually became too much to handle.
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