I used to see a world of absolutes where everything was black and white. It was right or wrong, this way or that way; a world without shades of gray.  I think it was more comfortable to think of..

My mother died seven years ago on the day of the US Thanksgiving. We live in Canada but Mom was American. Her family was just sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner when they received our sad phone call…

If you know me well you’re cringing now and thinking “Oh no!” as my closest friends do when I say “I have an idea!” What? You’re doing that? Aw! The idea was inspired by what’s been happening..

First of all – ewww! Don’t put money in your mouth – you don’t know where that money has been! Now that we’ve cleared that up, let me phrase the question in a few more ways. Do..

They say you can never truly understand someone until you have walked a mile in their shoes, but can you ever really do that? I never knew what to say at a funeral wake until my mother..

The other day I received an email from Amazon.com. It named a book I was reading and suggested that if I liked that book I would enjoy the others it listed. I was baffled; how did Amazon..

“If love is just a moment Let me spend this moment with you; If life is just a memory Then let me remember with you” ~ lyric from Amour This is the song we chose for the..

It has meant so much to me to feel your steady presence and support over the past two months since my son Alex died. I want to thank you for reaching out to me. I’m not feeling..

I was going to just go away for a while without saying anything, but then I remembered this is a blog about life and how can I just bail out when my life is visited by death?..