BUT WHAT ABOUT THE KIDS? The questions I get asked most often when I decide to out myself to someone new are: WAIT WHAT NO WAY? FOR REAL?…
Today I want to share with you some deep spiritual lessons I have learned from the pilgrimage we recently took with our children. We drove from Calgary down…
Six beers, two shots and two packs of cigarettes. That was a typical night out for me in my twenties. And it wasn’t just once a month, or even…
Let’s face it. Making friends as adults is hard. There are so many factors to consider, “Is she too young for me?” “Will she make me look younger?” “Do…
My husband Nick and I have a motto when it comes to our marital communications: KIND AND BLUNT. Sometimes we are our best selves, the stars align, the…
The year was 1990. I was strolling along the beach, talking and laughing with my friends. My fifteen-year-old self was wearing a bikini (as you do, when you’re…
So this thing called the “Back To School Supply List”… Is it just me or does it grow longer every year? I know budget cuts are all the…
If you still support this President after everything that has happened recently, I have something to say to you. There really is no nice way of saying it…
Since your death, I’ve been living not just with complicated grief, but also with PTSD. There are days when the slightest noise has me hanging from the ceiling.…
Because I have a bad-ittude about being a summer stay-at-home mom, I thought I would share some of the not-so-fun ideas posted online by those got-it-together Moms who…
I hear the same lines over and over again: “Moms need to spend more time on self-care” “Moms have so much more to handle than dads do” “Moms…
Sometimes, I glance at my reflection and think “Ugh, woman. Get thee to the gym and put on some makeup.” Sometimes, I’ll look at myself and think, “You…
“Oh, I just can’t do it! My hubby’s away on a boys’ fishing trip this weekend and I’m a single mom. It’s just too much work.” When I…
When I met my husband, I knew very little about him. I ‘d heard that he had “lived.” I didn’t really know what that meant at the time.…