Seven years ago today life was thrown into perspective. Cancer took another victim and heaven gained another angel. The sweetest woman I’ve ever met and someone I’m lucky enough to call my friend Kim, lost her husband that morning. He was young, he was vibrant, he was optimistic, he was...
They say that laughter is the best medicine and this weekend I was reminded of that, as Steve Smith, aka Red Green, was inducted into the Canadian Comedy Hall of Fame. Both himself and his legacy were a huge part of my life, so being there to see him accept...
No one ever wants to be irrelevant; imagine that feeling of being useless, not applicable, almost obsolete. Like the last kid picked in dodge ball. The one not called upon in class. The one whose resume always lands at the bottom of the pile. It’s never fun to feel unseen,...
To me the last month of the year is always like squeezing that last bit of toothpaste out of the tube. You know what I mean right? When the tube appears to be empty but both you and your spouse are too lazy to go get a new one, so...
We are three weeks out from Christmas and in my household that equals mayhem. Our youngest is up at 6am as she is just so excited to find our Elf that the sound of her scampering feet and little giggles mean that the entire household is up at 6am. Some...
Yesterday I drove an hour to catch up with two friends that I haven’t seen in a long time. It was a date that had to keep getting rescheduled due to life commitments, busy schedules and children. No time was a good time. No day a good day. We all...
I was given a really valuable piece of advice this week and it’s sat with me every day since I heard it. I might be bold enough to say, it’s changed my perspective on life. The simple phrase that now has me beating to a new drum is … “what’s...
Once upon a time I worked in the wonderful world of television and not just television but entertainment television. I say, “Once Upon A time” because it really was a fairytale. It was a job I loved with people I loved and allowed me to travel the country listening to...
I opened my eyes this morning. For that I am lucky. Some people will not do so. I need to remember that. I rolled out of bed, tired from a long night of a barking dog, children filled with dreams and a husband who’s not feeling well. For that I...
Our Christmas Break is over. The kids went back to school this week. My house is tidy and quiet. The dog is sad as he’s been searching for the rambunctious playmates he had home for weeks but now can’t find. My decorations are packed away for another year and the...