Miracle baby. Conceiving a baby with Type 1 diabetes was not easy. Five years ago, on December 19, 2017 I experienced the scariest day of my life. One of the scariest days of my life I was unrecognizably swollen from my eyelids to my toes and gasping for air as I could hardly breathe. I…
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What does contentment look like?
What does contentment look like? Another move! Why can’t we just live here? Thoughts like this stirred my heart to righteous anger even though we had known this move will happen sooner rather than later. If a landlord uses tactics that may be legal but morally unhealthy, then do I become bitter? Moving in the…
Mother’s Day poem: what pricks your feet and heart?
A mother’s heart painted with fear of the unknown Where you don’t deserve to hurt you say Like the man in the Bible who let go of his son He journeyed the road up the treacherous mountain With questions of why piercing the heart with blades of steel Why must you walk this road alone…
Why Not Write Your Story Like Never Before?
So here’s the question I asked myself. Why not write your story like never before? At the time the world was in a pandemic when people were confined to their homes so the internet became an outlet for connection. I joined a memoir writing group, and when the the opportunity presented itself, I began drafting…
An Interview With the Media
An interview with the media. As per habit, I watched the six o’clock news on September 8, 2022. Queen Elizabeth II had passed that afternoon and a Book of Condolence would be set up at Queens Park, starting the next day. Immediately, I said to my husband, “I want to go there to sign the…
Anita Ball: How alcohol addiction nearly destroyed my life
How shame and alcohol addiction almost destroyed a girl’s life. Shame and secrecy paved the path to a young girl’s addiction. Before addiction, she loved her fantasy-land kind of world, in the peaceful surroundings of the country air. She had animals, dear friends, hills, and valleys to explore. However, her heart and soul, tattered by…