Growing with gratitude for life's challenges
The lesson I learned, post divorce, is that letting one person dictate my well-being was ludicrous. Of course, it took me a while to get to that understanding, as I had poured all my hopes and dreams into that one man for seventeen years. I am reminded of this lesson today, with the current threats […]
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Historically marginalizeddisability biased –a privileged minority Women’s inequalitysocioeconomic –oppression excluded Cultural relevanceunderrepresented – diversity victim Ethnicity, gender (female)sense of belonging –male-domination systemic Indigenous communityinstitutional trauma –polarization hate speech Advocacy banned (Every word in this poem, except banned, is from the list of words forbidden in research proposals submitted to the National Science Foundation (USA) as […]
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I was aiming for the bird, my fingers wrapped around the lens, ready to zoom in, when the scene spoke to me. “Sometimes”, I reminded myself, “you need to look at the larger picture.” The larger picture, in this case, was stunning, almost as if the sky had a message it didn’t want me to […]
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“Did you believe that war would happen?” We are sitting around chatting with some Ukrainian friends. It’s three years since the war in Ukraine started and we are remembering how unreal it all felt in the beginning. Surely Putin was just putting his troops through a military drill, we all thought/ hoped, when the tanks […]
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Our 2 1/2 year old granddaughter can read. On a recent visit, her older cousin carried her about the house testing her skills with random bottles and things she would not have seen before. She read them all, with total nonchalance while we looked on amazed. One thing she read was a Christmas greeting: May […]
Read MoreFirst of all, deep gratitude to the police for their work finding our missing teen. One week after she disappeared, she is home again. Initially, the feeling was immense relief. The emotions we’d been holding in, along with our breaths, gushed out in sobs. But a tragedy like this does not unravel itself in a […]
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The unthinkable has happened to my daughter’s partner: her 16-year-old daughter has gone missing. Emma Lang has not been seen for five days. Last known location was her home in London, Ontario, Canada. She did not take her cellphone or any money with her. From the London Police file (www.londonpolice.ca):“Emma is described as female, White, […]
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Our third Ukrainian/Canadian Christmas will take place this Sunday. Two hundred and forty guests have signed up. It’s just amazing how much our community has grown, not just in numbers, but as a whole. My role as an ambassador – helping Ukrainians get started in Canada – has morphed into a support role. Our latest […]
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The rut of waiting on medical tests and future appointments compelled me to do something drastic… …so I jumped onto Tik Tok and started posting videos. Seemed pretty innocuous at first. I only had a handful of followers. My two daughters and one grandchild. A couple of friends, and some unknowns. I had no intention […]
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The Underground Railroad was run by abolitionists and helped enslaved blacks flee to freedom in Northern States and Canada. Project 2025 wants to ban abortion nationwide, and make it difficult for women to access health care out of state. Is it time to band together in support of Woman’s Rights? Abortion is legal in Canada. […]
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One Woman's Quest II 