What do you do when things change? How to you adapt? How do you regroup? Me? I change my hair. I dye, chop it, curl it, straighten it. Doesn’t really matter what I do to it, as long as it is different. The reddish brown of the summer that was as long as all get…

11 years ago this old man came into my life, and I am so grateful that he did. From his first night in our home, to this evening right now, this fluffy pants has never been too far from me. He follows me, trips me on the stairs, sticks his tail over my face in…

At this time a few years ago, I decided to push myself out of my comfort zone and get a retail job working in my local grocery store. My first shift was on Thanksgiving, and I spent most of the time bagging groceries while harried shoppers struggled to piece together the final bits of their…

I am thankful that this lovely little woman chose me to be her mama – the kids tell me all the time about the Parent Store where they selected Dave and I to be their parents. I don’t know if most mamas feel this way, but I firmly know that I draw as much comfort…

Thankful that I get to call this boy my son. The quietest and most affectionate of my two kids, this guy has a wicked sense of humour, and a sharp wit. He has been figuring out how things work since he was old enough to realize he wasn’t alone in the world. At 2 he…

Today in Canada it is Thanksgiving Day. If for no other reason than to count our blessings and feel gratitude, today is a day to celebrate. I am so grateful for the many, many blessings that we received this year, and for the people who helped us to get through the challenges and pains. I…

You Can’t Rush Your Healing It comes to me upon the strings when I hear it when I sing I can’t say it’s my creations staying patient what it brings?? let me say I’m coming humble I don’t know what’s right or wrong I just keep keep on believin passing down an old old song…

One year ago, the seams of my world started to give way. The edges started to fray, and I was two months from hearing the scariest words I had ever heard in my life. “Your husband has rectal cancer”. My family and friends and our doctors and our brave kids got us through, and I…

This is why I vote. So this young woman has the life she deserves. So her right to her own body is hers alone. So that we do not destroy the planet before she can save it. So that girls like her have equal opportunities to pay and employment. So she can marry who she…

Today is a day early but this brilliant woman is my #WCW this week – she won’t take enough credit, but today?? This one? This one right here!?!? Made her first flipping big contract in her new job. Literally more proud than anyone who isn’t a person’s mother has any business to be. Not only…