The Only Good Surprise
I don’t like to be surprised. You won’t find me in a haunted house, playing with a jack-in-the-box or watching a suspenseful movie. I...
I don’t like to be surprised. You won’t find me in a haunted house, playing with a jack-in-the-box or watching a suspenseful movie. I...
I loved my grade two teacher. Estelle was a comforting, stable person, she was a voice of reason and a pair of strong arms in the chaos...
Angela hates the dark. Not the plain old dark that you get when you turn out the lights. That dark is ok, even fun sometimes to slink...
If you’re in the LGBTQ+ community in Canada, you can get married, or you can undergo conversion therapy. A therapy designed to cure you...
“Honey, come sit and listen to your mama and papa awhile.” Heather eyes her father suspiciously for a moment, wondering if his coaxing...
I’ve been trying for a few days now to write this blog, but every time I try, I end up staring at my computer in tears. I want to write a...
Do you care about literacy? Equality? Human Rights? Sustainability in rural communities? The future of the economy? Education? If any of...
Have you had the experience where you read the headline of an article and it is horrifying and shocking, but then you read the article...
You might be awkward talking with your kids about sex. The idea of sitting down and talking with your children about their changing...
People have often asked me how I come up with the stories that I write. This is always a puzzling question to me. The honest answer is...
This is the lid to a plastic bin. A bin that is not evidently designed to hold, store or transport babies and children. Who knew! Good...
It is time for a Common Sense Revolution. A revolution that would support so many other important movements that are happening in the...