I exchanged a round-trip ticket to LA for a chance to sit with Elvis (and this is what it taught me)

I have struggled with how to start this; I even battled a few different titles. But during the days that followed my trip back to Toronto from Memphis, I have shared both my accolades and missteps of my solo road trip in a converted, extended 16 foot Tony Miceli van. Eleven days ago, as I […]

An open letter to my highschool classmates. Thank you.

In 2019, I was approached by a familiar face at a community Halloween event, something I would typically not attend, but my son and nephew wanted to go, so my little sister and I obliged. This familiar face was a high school classmate I hadn’t seen in decades. We chatted, she asked about a few […]

I exchanged a round-trip ticket to LA for a chance to sit with Elvis (and this is what it taught me)

My day in Graceland

Found in the draft folder: My separation and eventual divorce

This post was originally drafted in 2017. I have not read it since and I’m choosing to publish it as is, no edits. For anyone going through a separation or divorce, I hope you find peace on your path, love in your heart and forgiveness to both yourself and your past mate. ——‐——– This post […]

10 lessons my 25th high school reunion taught me

We can all agree life has been turned on its ass these last couple of years. Social and physical distancing, sanitizing protocols, restrictions, vaccinations, political unrest, loss of family and friends and our sense of our selves. This time has tested our relationships, our grit, focus and all that make us loving and caring humans. […]

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wondering why (or why not)

Have you ever listened to the podcast Heavyweight? It is described as “a podcast about turning points, finding answers to enduring questions and reckoning with the past.” I first listened to this podcast while sipping coffee in bed on a Sunday morning, my body sticky sweaty from the night’s slumber; something anyone who shares a bed with […]

A declaration to my past someones. A tribute to my lost loves.

A few years back, my heart was shattered. It was the second longer term relationship I had after my separation of 21 years. I think heartache is one of those things you experience in the moment where seconds feel like hours and there may be times where you feel as though you’ll never have enough […]

Too much, yet not enough

I’ve been writing love letters. Doesn’t that sound so incredibly beautiful, and curious? I wish these feelings on the folio were being gingerly typed on a green Smith Corona and he responding in his favourite ink and white blank sheets of hope. But instead, fingers on keys almost as quickly as the brain is devising […]

Living out loud – my weekend and the 7 Notes on Life

I don’t want this being another retrospective look on how different and difficult life has been since March 2020. We all know it has. But what I do want this to be is how the last two years has impacted our identity and how, as we all take our masks off to breathe again, we […]