In early September 2024 I received the worst phone call of my life. I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. I was out walking my dog when the call came in and my legs went numb. The world around me spun like a dream. My ears rang and I couldn’t process...
Anyone who knows me, knows that I’m a sucker for a good love story. I love romantic comedies, happy endings and the cheesier you deem it, the more endearing I find it. I also, however, wish one bad break up on everyone because I believe that you need to go...
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...
There is an expression I hear often that goes something along the lines of, “the days drag on and the years fly by”. First, they were just words on paper, but as my children grow and I age along with them I find those simple words to be daunting, inspiring...
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...