On Ugly Season {And a Movie Giveaway!}

You’ll want to read all the way to the bottom on this one, friend! I’m giving away tickets to an inspiring movie about hope, redemption and one of the most incredible songs I know.

Fourteen years ago this month, I interviewed for a job in a part of Canada I’d never visited, 5,000 km […]

Remembering To Be Still

In January, in the midst of frost and snow, I knew that my word of the year was actually two words: be still. My friends at Sunshine Ink hand lettered the prettiest artwork for me, and it’s framed hanging on a wall I see every day.
Now that we’re now well through summer 2017, I’m painfully […]

What I’ve Learned So Far This Year

1. Pink is totally still my colour, even though I’m 40. And it’s possibly because of my childhood fascination with Jem and the Holograms. #magentahighlightsforever

2. Grieving does get easier. We marked the one year of Dad’s death in March, and it hurt. But it didn’t hurt as much as last year. I can look […]

On Remembering Dad

A year ago, when Dad died, we had an open mic time at the memorial service. I didn’t have capacity to share that day. It had been a deep season of loss, figuring things out, people to call, things to do and get done, and I just couldn’t do it. It wasn’t time. I […]