This week has been one of visiting family. My Dad turned 80 this past week and we got together to celebrate. I got to see some family I...

There are several strange things that happen to you as you grieve. Your mind is doing somersaults trying to figure out what the hell...

This past weekend I decided to go out to our seasonal spot in Cypress Hills and open up the camper and start to set up for summer. I have...

Mother’s Day was one of those holiday firsts for me this year that people talk about. I had no idea. I actually thought it would be okay....

I watched an interview online the other day and the speaker was asked to define grief. She said grief is anytime that you need to let go....

This past week has been a challenging one. The challenges have been coming on for sometime and it seemed to me that this was just one...

School was my life. After all, I went to school from the time I was five years old until I was 53. After grade school I attended...

It has been one year almost to the day that Blaine and I moved to Maple Creek. It was April 7th, 2021. The memory of that day is etched...

One of the things that I knew right away after Blaine passed is that I wanted to travel. I felt deep down a calling to go see what was...

Being the caretaker for your spouse is something you sign up for when you make your wedding vows. The vow to be together and support each...

When Blaine was diagnosed, he was in Swift Current in the doctor’s office and I was at work. Blaine was having lunch with his brother and...

When my son Curtise was born he had a condition called Hirschsprung's Disease which is a rare congenital condition that affects the...

As you can well imagine, once Blaine was diagnosed, it was like he had been punched in the gut. That feeling never went away for him and...

Have you ever felt like you have been lifted out of your life and just plunked right into an entirely new environment and then just...

On October 26th, 2021 the unthinkable happened. I lost my husband, my best friend, my cheerleader, my hero, my confident, and so much...