In A Jam? I've Got A Pickle!
August 9, 2020
Making Mom's Bread and Butter Pickles is about so much more than food — it's about keeping canning and preserv…
Is Your Glass Half-Full or Is It Half-Empty?
August 2, 2020
The choice to see the glass half full isn't toxic positivity — it's a conscious decision made after a lot of t…
Wesley
July 26, 2020
A new baby named Wesley arrives in the world during a pandemic — and his great-aunt writes him a letter full o…
Rest? It's a Thing?
July 19, 2020
I am terrible at resting. And yet my body demanded it. On the importance of rest and doing nothing — and why p…
Hot Dogs, Hair and Hell's Front Porch
July 12, 2020
Ontario in July: Satan is real, HHS (Humid Hair Syndrome) is a genuine medical condition, and a hot dog on the…
A New Journey Begins
July 5, 2020
After the backyard, after the renovation, after the rest — a new writing journey begins. Why writing children'…
Easy Street Ain't the Road to Take
June 28, 2020
110 bags of cement, a backyard built by hand, and a lesson about why easy street is a one-way road to nowhere.…
Let That Kid Out!
June 21, 2020
A nine-year-old's laugh from a backyard pool and a powerful reminder to let your inner child out. Why make bel…
Finding the Sunshine
June 14, 2020
My friend called me the only happy soul out there. Here's why choosing happiness after grief isn't toxic posit…
I Stand
June 7, 2020
On the 2020 uprisings, white privilege, and what it means to stand up for racial justice when you can't fully …
Kindness Isn't Complicated
May 31, 2020
George Floyd, Smarties, and the simple truth that kindness isn't complicated. On racial equality, white privil…
TitsnToolz — Creating and Rebuilding
May 24, 2020
After losing my dad, I picked up a sledgehammer and rebuilt everything. TitsnToolz is more than a reno company…