"You will heal. When you are ready to, not when they say you should." - S.L GrayThe best laid plans don't always turn out as you expect them too. For the past two years, I have lived in a state of fear about catching covid. I overcame that fear and travelled to the east coast …
Moving Onward and Upward
"Your mission: Be so busy loving your life that you have no time for hate, regret or fear." - Karen Salmansohm Hi everyone! Long time since I have been on here. I have been in a never-ending funk and I tend to get silent when I feel that way. I don't want to spread negativity …
Oh, the Places I’ll Go
"Freedom is the oxygen of the soul." Moshe Dayan Well, once again I have stepped away from this space for a bit. Recently, I have started to breathe a bit better. Things seemed to have eased a bit in the world and hopefully for many of you who live with chronic illness. I'm sure many …
I Am Not What I Do
"I exist as I am, that is enough." Walt Whitman I love the spring. The possibilities and the optimism of the season is uplifting to me. However, it is also a double-edged sword. Spring means I feel energized, and that energy makes me feel like I want to do all of the things. Lately, I …
Goodbye My Friend
"I think the hardest part of losing a dog you love isn't having to say goodbye...it's the way your entire world changes without them and the emptiness that's left in your heart when they go." Anonymous Two days ago I lost my best friend, protector, and someone I have spend more time with than anyone …
Finding our Way Home
"The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned." - Maya Angelou Although I do not live in the United States, I watched this morning's inauguration of Joseph Biden and Kamala Harris. I could not help but breath out a sigh …
Digging for Joy
"Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain...To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices - today I choose to feel life not to deny my humanity but embrace it." Kevyn AucoinToday, I decide to choose joy. 2020 …
My Brave Friend
"For every dark forest you face, there is a trail through it." This last week has been a tough week for many people I know. I facilitate a support group for the MS Society of Canada for the city I live in. I have been doing this for almost 4 years now, and attended it …
The Caged Bird
"The caged bird sings with a fearful trill, of things unknown, but longed for still, and his tune is heard on the distant hill, for the caged bird sings of freedom." Maya Angelou It has been another long break away from writing on my blog. Usually, I find so much satisfaction putting out posts. Lately, …
The Miracles of Friendship
"Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you." - Saint Augustine I have had a rough first six months of 2020. Really, the whole world has. Huge political upheavals and unrest. …