Navigating Grief throughout my Relationship
Michelle Devine – Navigating Grief in my Relationship in becoming a fiancee and an overnight step-parent
Reflections
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Sitting with the magic
I’ve always been a porch sitter. Some of my earliest memories are of my parents sitting out on the tiny “front stoop” of our tidy little war house in Tonawanda,…
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The Gardens that Grow More
I am not someone who would describe myself as having a green thumb. Weekends away, and my co-op life of moving every four months never allowed me the opportunity to care…
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Never too late
Growing up, we all have dreams. Some of us have a single dream of what we want to become in our adulthood. My sister-in-law, for example, decided in her early…
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Coffee Thoughts with Liza
I’m not a religious coffee drinker but I am a sucker for a sweet, iced coffee from Starbucks. The pandemic took a lot of things away – but I’ve always…
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Isolation Thoughts: Items in a Frame
Take a look at the items in this photo. As I entered my seemingly umpteenth isolation period since the beginning of 2020, this time in anticipation of an important career…
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You think I’m Young & Lazy
As a man named Mike confirms my name and age and pokes a needle in my arm he asks, “…So how do you feel becoming an adult in the middle…
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Living on Both Sides of the Line
As a Métis woman on Canadian holidays, I live on both sides of the line. This past weekend was May 24 – the May long weekend. Queen Victoria’s birthday celebration…
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I regret being the fat shamer…
… the bragger and feeding my ego Conscience vs Ego! Pick a side! When I volunteered back in 2012 with a youth basketball league I would hear the head coach…
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What do I know?
Nothing, really. And neither do you. Or anyone, for that matter. All that we know is that there is more to learn. And that is the beauty of new experiences,…