When our daughter and her husband decided that they were finally ready to build a house that suited their growing family, they followed the usual steps. They checked out builders, poured over floor plans, walked countless empty lots, and even met with a mortgage broker to determine their exact real estate budget. What they didn’t […]
LONELINESS IS AN EPIDEMIC
I believe that technological advancements have created a sense of loneliness that continues to spread in epidemic proportions. Loneliness is not the direct result of a lower income, advanced age, or even poor body image. Loneliness is felt by some of the wealthiest, successful, and beautiful people of our society. No culture or religious denomination […]
SO NOW THEY SAY THAT MARIJUANA IS LEGAL
I grew up during the Just Say No campaign of the early eighties. Although the slogan was originally coined by first lady Nancy Reagan, this catch phrase quickly permeated Canadian culture and in the process we somehow managed to adopt it as our own. I remember being rather shocked the first time I saw the […]
IS 50 THE NEW 12, AN AGE WHERE WE JUST DON’T FIT IN?
I clearly remember the confusion of being a twelve year old girl. One minute longing for a new Barbie doll with an extendable braid, and the next minute fantasizing about the boy I wanted to dance with at the school’s Valentine’s Day party. It was an extremely difficult phase in my life where I felt […]