Apr 22
The latest Covid-19 development in my home province is a travel ban. I get why our government is doing it; I’m still furious it’s come to this. For the last year, the one way Hubs and I managed to muddle through not being able to hang out with friends and family was to escape in …
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Nov 18
Twenty-five years ago, today, my maternal grandfather died. He was a proud man. A hard man. He was also a man who loved his family–though he had a terrible way of expressing it. Demanding, and critical, he was also–in his own way–caring. Your car died? He was the first one to lift the hood and …
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Nov 10
My Dear One and My Own are novels about love, and commitment, and the healing power of faith, family, and friendship, amidst the heartrending devastation of unimaginable loss…
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Apr 22
There is a lot of uncertainty in the world right now, which means there’s enough anxiety to go around, and then some. So I just want to take a moment to remind you, dear friends (as I must remind myself daily), that normal is what you make it. And nothing–and no one–is perfect. If you’re …
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Apr 03
I lost a step yesterday. Monday, I woke up with more energy than I had in months since taking on MIL’s fulltime care. I got out for a run, I bought a coffee, and I savoured the sunshine and budding trees as I power walked home. Tuesday, my cat died, for all intent and purpose, …
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Apr 01
This week came news from our Provincial government that strict Covid-19 social distancing measures may remain in place through the summer, and I just shrugged. Our sons’ University Convocation, and celebratory family BBQ, is scheduled for mid-June. Hubs and I celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary in August; we booked a family trip to see Garth …
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Mar 29
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Mar 26
The world is on fire with fear and dismay, heartbreak, and loss. But here and there are sparks of light, glittery glimpses of goodness and joy. So, every day on my Facebook Page, I’m going to share five Diamonds Plucked from the Ashes of my life as I knew it pre-Covid-19. I’d love it if …
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Mar 21
Amid the chaos Covid-19 is wreaking on the world and people in it, arrived news this morning that country singer Kenny Rogers died. He was 81. I immediately went to YOUTUBE and searched for, and played, his song, Lady. I don’t often do that—get sentimental over the loss of a celebrity and seek out some …
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Feb 24
“Only the people we love are raised high enough in our consciousness to warrant fond or frivolous recounts of our most humiliating missteps months, or decades, later.”
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