5 days agoNormal isn’t BoringHow I’m learning not to be toxic. I wake up and the devastation of knowing there will be no “Good morning” text message from K sets in. It’s been two weeks now since our final break-up, and I start to cry. Again. I had no idea how much those little…Relationship Building7 min readRelationship Building7 min read
Jan 21, 2021It’s Inauguration Day!Biden promotes unity in the post-Trump era — I woke up this morning and, with the enthusiasm of Frozen’s ‘Anna’, declared to my daughter, “It’s inauguration Day!” to which she, of course, replied — “It’s inauguration day? It’s INAUGURATION DAY!” …Inauguration5 min readInauguration5 min read
Nov 6, 2020It Doesn’t Have To Be Physical To Be AbuseEmotional Abuse and Other Less Recognized — but No Less Common — Types of Abuse — Does something feel wrong in your relationship but you can’t quite put your finger on what it is, or why you feel that way? There are more types of abuse than just physical abuse or sexual abuse. There are actually at least 9 different patterns of behaviours that many abused…Emotional Abuse4 min readEmotional Abuse4 min read
Published inThe Friday Fix·Aug 7, 2020DadHe’s been gone just over a year, now, and I find myself missing him more as time passes, not less. I thought I had mostly finished grieving by the time the cancer finally took him, but every new memory without him is bittersweet because his absence is conspicuous and unchanging.Absence1 min readAbsence1 min read
Mar 19, 2020When Governments Play “What if…?”The North American Reaction to the Covid-19 Pandemic. Are Trump and Trudeau doing too much or too little? With Canada and the US heading towards lock-downs of varying magnitudes to try to “flatten the curve” of the North American spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, people in the current hotspots, like…Social Distance8 min readSocial Distance8 min read