Take a flat, square piece of paper. Fold it in half. Fold it in half again. Keep doing that seven times – if you can. Pretty soon you’ll end up with a shapeless blob which is quite un-foldable no matter how much force you use. Take another flat, square piece…
“Thank you Stephanie, and officially welcome aboard! If you are able to come in Monday we can discuss specifics of pay, scheduling, etc….” So began a very short email I received today. Let me back up a bit, to 8 December 2011 – just over eight months ago. I volunteered…
This post is long overdue. There are many good reasons for that: I’ve just returned from an extended visit to Dr. Pierre Brassard’s clinic in Montreal which involved major surgery; I had three hours of jet lag on the return trip; and I’ve been slowly recuperating at home and getting…
I’m on my way, from misery to happiness today! By the time most of you read this, I will actually, factually, finally be on my way. This is a very big, and quite frankly scary journey I’m making. Monday is my date for surgery – the procedure that will finally…
Last night was a very different kind of evening for me. If you know me well, you know I’ve never been a fan of country music. In fact, I have to admit that I’m usually one of those who laughs heartily at those “she stole muh tractor an’ muh dawg died” country…
Well, it sounds better than “bar-hopping”, doesn’t it? Besides, there was only one bar, er, pub, involved so there was no actual hopping to speak of. So I saw a posting right on this here Facebook about a band called Lotus that was playing at The Rusty Gull Pub in…
Today is an anniversary for me. For those of you who don’t know, I am transgender, meaning I am a woman born into a man’s body. Without going into all the whys and wherefores of why this is so and how my life has been because of it, I will…
Today I took Lorraine to the airport. She is off to visit with her family in Toronto for four weeks. We questioned the wisdom of booking a 7:00am flight out of Vancouver, especially when it takes an hour to get from our house to the airport. That meant getting up…
Yes, I admit it, I’ve skipped a few days here. Yes, there are good reasons. Today, however, I want to tell you very briefly about a whole bunch of people I don’t even know personally. Rey, Mark, Bill, Carol and Carol are all good friends of a dear and close…
Typo, right? A gratefulness post about dentists? Listen, children, to the story… So I get this text from my daughter Liz this morning: “Can you look after the kids while they go to the dentist?” Yikes, I think. But the follow-up text explains that they have separate appointments and she…
