WriteOut of Her Mind

It began a Saturday morning like any other, but it would be the last of its kind for our family.…

The best thing about my job is the people I meet. Last week was no exception when I spoke to the…

It is official: I am now the parent of a teenager. You know what this means, right? I am redundant,…

I love our neighbours and our neighbourhood. It’s a good place to raise our kids and feel…

There has never been a Remembrance Day in my life that has had a greater impact on me than the one…

If I have learned one thing this winter, it’s this: next year I will buy snow tires. While I…

True story: Eight years ago I woke up from a coma in a strange room, in a foreign hospital and the…

It may seem cliché, but in honour of Thanksgiving I’m going to share with you what…

We may not always eat dinner together as a family, but when we do have an opportunity to sit around…

I begged. I whined. I offered to pay. I did everything I could to get the Carpenter to go to a…

My husband, the Carpenter, is the great love of my life. I adore him. But sometimes, I don’t…

My favourite animal also happens to be my nickname: polar bear. I’m okay with that. Who…

No other decision in my life has prompted repeated episodes of existential crisis quite like my…

I couldn’t stop myself. It was as if I was possessed by the spirits of cranky ghosts of…

You know the way your dog perks up its ears and cocks its head to the side when you say, “car…