Mother’s Day

It’s funny how the mind plays tricks on you, isn’t it? At the start of May, I made a decision to go on a road trip by myself to a conference. It wasn’t close by. It took me nearly 7 hours to get to my destination. I listened to podcasts,…

Now that my charity event is finished for another year, and Mother’s Day is around the corner, the only thing I could think of doing to celebrate is R-E-L-A-X. I’m sure a lot of mamas feel the same way. I just love enjoying the day with my boys and husband…

I am officially 40 years old. I was born in the morning, on a Monday, in Lachine, Quebec. In forty years, I have discovered a lot about myself and the world around me. It’s been a heck of a ride so far and I am heading into this next decade…

Mother’s Day is around the corner, and I am so happy to share some new additions to the Hallmark gift collection. As you may have read, I have loved shopping at Hallmark, long before I became a #LoveHallmarkCA Ambassador. I know if I’m looking for a sweet gift that is…

This will be the second Mother’s Day without my Mama. It is so hard to believe that I cannot just pick up the phone and give her a call. I miss her all the time. In all my good moments and my difficult moments, I think of her and all…

There is nothing like flowers beginning to bloom, green grass starting to show through the muddy ground, and buds beginning to form on the trees above. I speak only from memory because here in Montreal, we are not really witnessing anything like that yet! In fact, we just received snow…

Home is comfort and warmth, inside and out Home is the safest place on earth with the most compassion Home is fun and silly, where I can be my true self and will be loved as I am.   Well, they can’t fit all that on a pillow, but the…

You did it. You left it to the last minute. Maybe you figured you had more time; maybe you just didn’t know the exact right thing to get her. But now, you have very little time and you want to make an impact and show your mama just how much…

Spring has sprung. Ok, perhaps on the calendar it did a long time ago, but here in Montreal, it really just started to feel like spring last week! I literally was wearing a winter jacket two weeks ago. And this week my kids were swimming outside. That’s Montreal weather for…

It needed to be written, since it would be very fake of me to ignore the mixed bag of emotions surrounded around this year’s special day. I woke up happy and angry and so sad. Some might read this and think “You should be happy for what you have, three…