Barrie and I loved the spring. We were more spring-summer-autumn people than we were winter people, despite having been born in cold countries. He was from Cornwall; I was born in Vancouver. As soon as the calendar hit March 21st ...
The first time I heard this was when we were Skyping. We hadn’t met in person yet. He had such a wicked sense of humor! It’s something I often repeat because it was one of his most endearing and memorable ...
I looked the definition of quirky up in the dictionary because I wanted to find a word that described my love, friend and soul mate. According to the Cambridge Online English dictionary it means “unusual in an attractive and interesting ...
I am an avid reader, and I have been since I was small, when I first learned that the weird little markings on the pages of a book could magically tell my brain a story. Multiple genres could be considered ...
I journal every day. I have been talking to him through my writing and in my head. I speak to him through the pictures I have around the house. I watch videos of him, yet, it’s barely been a year ...
I’m just coming out of another rough week! Just when I thought I was doing so well, I find myself back in the depths of sorrow. A friend says it might have been triggered by the wonderful time on the ...
A year has come and gone since Barrie’s passing. It has been an intense year; a year in which I have done so many things I wouldn’t have done if Barrie had been here. For a few months, I went ...
A few years back, I managed to work through a good deal of grief and trauma related to my husband's suicide. I had forgiven him early on, but it took time to fully accept things. I was proud of myself ...
As a writer, I spend a lot of time alone, and a lot of time thinking - mostly contemplating life. Tonight, the holiday dinner is over, the kids and grandkids are all off on their merry way, and I sit ...
It's that blessed time of year again when people are frantically prepping for another holiday season! However, I am happy to say that I am not as daunted by it as I normally am. Oh, sure, all of the same ...