Our dog has a huge “paw” in my daughter’s recovery
“Pets understand humans better than humans do.” Ruchi Prabhu When I was growing up I was obsessed with dogs and asked my parents constantly if we could get one of…
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Piece by Piece
There are many lines that stick out for me in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy. It’s easily in my Top 10 favourites of all time. (On my list…
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The Light of my Life
When I was a little girl, my Mom would always sing to me. A lot of hymns, nursery rhymes, songs from artists who were part of my Dad’s vast 8-track…
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When Being Strong Is the Only Choice
“You never know how strong you are, until being strong is the only choice.” — Bob Marley I saw this somewhere on social media shortly after my daughter suffered a…
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Two Feet and a Heartbeat
One of my few pandemic related bright spots has been my discovery of walking. It’s not like I didn’t know how to walk before the March lock down, it’s just…
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The Notebook: Journal of my daughter’s health crisis
My mother loved to give notebooks as gifts. For birthdays and Christmas or to mark big transitions in life, my mum would write a short inscription on the first page…