Hope & Healing

As my family and I prepared for the last weeks of school this year, news was coming out about the bodies of Indigenous children found on the land of residential schools in Canada. My twins came back from school one day and said that a girl in their class was…

It’s been a year since we began living life in a global pandemic. For us here in Montreal, March 13th was our official day of lockdown, just after our spring break. I remember volunteering in the library of my children’s school as I have done every week for years, but…

Sometimes, you come across a film that changes the way you see the world and how love’s strength can make things so incredible, not just for you, but for others. A while ago, I was introduced by Lev3l Digital to a new film called 2 Hearts. The film initially caught…

(You can read my part one here.) Since the murder of George Floyd, there have been protests all over the world as a global outcry to demand justice and equality for Black people. I have been locked on my social media, sharing information from Black influencers that I follow. I…

Over the years, my family-friendly spot on the internet has taken on some very serious topics. I’ve written about sexual assault, online safety, the legalization of marijuana in Canada, marching after the US election and the terrorism attacks in Paris and Kenya. You might ask why I addressed these topics…

I hope you all had a very special Mother’s Day this year, even though it was very different. I was lucky to receive some handmade treasures from my twins, beautiful cards from all my sons, and tea and warm Eggos were waiting for me when I got up.  Oh, and…

There are many things out of our control right now in this very strange time we are living. We have been informed that staying home will help us all, and so that is what we are doing. (STAY HOME!) And while this is a great act of service in and…

Here it is. The post I waited to write. I listened, I watched, I read. There was no shortage of opinions in the form of blog posts, vlogs, and social media messages. For years, I have only read the bare minimum of the news to stay up to date, because…

You hear this all the time. When speaking to a group of friends, at least one person will say, “I hate hospitals”. It is most likely followed with a grimace or a shiver. It would be almost unnatural if someone blurted out, “I LOVE hospitals”, because usually, it is a…

In our over-filtered social media world, I started looking back on what pregnancy was for me, and just how different it was. It wasn’t that long ago, but I didn’t have a smart phone and Instagram didn’t even exist yet! I thought about expectations versus realities and how we place…