When Big Daddy and I started dating for the second time, I was skeptical about whether it was a viable relationship. We had been high...

Nothing has prepared me for my children growing into teenagers and young adults. Everyone warns you about the sacrifices and hard work of...

I see dead people. I know, it’s unbelievable. A skeptic by nature, it took me a long time before I was certain what I was experiencing...

Meet Chiquita, the tiniest member of our family. Chiquita hails from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Her story is an interesting one, though I...

“All truths that are kept silent become poisonous.” – Friedrich Nietzsche Family secrets. Like a silent genetic component, nearly every...

It’s me. I’m somebody. At least that’s what my mom never told me when I was growing up, ba-dum-bump. Is my story a comedic tragedy or a...

When I know I’m ready for sleep I hear this whooshing sound course through my head. Ear to ear. Like the ‘waves’ you hear in a conch...

We left Thanksgiving dinner at dusk. I love it here at the acreage where my stepson and daughter-in-law live with our beautiful grandson....

Let me explain. It’s a regular day. I get up, get ready for work, and shuffle my children out the door to drop them off at school and...

These Oriental Lily bulbs were planted lovingly by me this spring. I watched intently as the first spires broke through the earth,...

"I'm a bit feral, but I'm housetrained." I think I’ve finally recovered from July. It’s our busiest month of the year. My partner, two...

My fourteen-year-old daughter told me the other day that I’m the ‘OG Emo’. She saw a picture of her father and me from the early...

Grief is one of the hardest things most of us will have to go through in our lifetimes. It can be our downfall or our grace. It can...

Please enjoy this excerpt from Chapter Eight of "Hard Things & Humour" I write this to you. Nova is screaming bloody murder as I wind my...

Welcome friends! I hope you enjoy this excerpt from Chapter Seven in "Hard Things & Humour" This has been an experience very close to my...

I write this to you. Please enjoy this excerpt from Chapter Five of "Hard Things & Humour". Today we leave back to Canada. We eat...

The mother is sitting alone in her tiny apartment. The rhythmic sigh of her oxygen machine is white noise behind the blare of the local...

My mother once told me that if you love something, let it go. As a teenager, saturated with urgency and my desire to have everything...

Hello friends, I am ready to share an excerpt from my first book of three in my memoir, "Hard Things & Humour". This novel is comprised...

As my introduction, I will tell you about one of my most embarrassing moments. There are many, but we'll start with this one. I've...