On Canada Day & Gratitude

It’s Canada Day, and although some say they’re proud on this day, I’ll tell you what – today I’m grateful. I had the wild opportunity as a young person to travel to a lot of countries. Beautiful countries like France, Germany, El Salvador, Mexico, and Guatemala, meeting beautiful people who shared their unique stories. […]

Why I’m Grateful for My Adoption Story

I’m so grateful to have my friend Lorilee Craker visiting today. I was honoured to write an endorsement for her memoir, Anne of Green Gables, My Daughter and Me: What My Favourite Book Taught Me about Grace, Belonging & the Orphan in Us All. In the spirit of learning to give thanks, and the […]

Gathering In as the World Unravels

On Monday, I watched as a town unraveled in a matter of minutes. Many of us did, I suspect, as unmasked reporters choked on tear gas, shots rang out, and fires erupted.

It would be so easy to say, “not my people, not my mess, not my country,” but I know that in my country, […]

Day 17 – There will be times

There will be times, Child, when it feels like the rug has been pulled from beneath your feet, and you’re shaken to your core.

These times will come when you least expect it. Days when gunshots ring through Parliament and the supposedly safe country you live in seems confused and shocked and without answers. […]