HELLO FRIENDS! Today I am going in for my 3-month oncology check up which entails blood work and a CT scan then an anxiety filled week or so while I wait for the call from the oncologist to discuss my results. This month also marks a...
HELLO FRIENDS! I took a break. ...
HELLO FRIENDS! Today is Valentine’s Day and this week is “Random Act of Kindness Week” with “Random Act of Kindness Day” falling on Thursday, February 17th. It is basically a week full of LOVE and JOY. Is it for you? I had a bit of a...
HELLO FRIENDS and HAPPY NEW YEAR! As a Life Enthusiast I am always interested in how people are “living.” Meaning, what are people doing to get the most out of the life they have. I often look to people who are modelling how I would like...
HELLO FRIENDS! As a storyteller, I have always liked a good story. In fact one of my favourite songs is Brandi Carlile’s “The Story” (written by her bandmate Phil Hanseroth.) The lyrics “All of these lines across my face, tell you the story of who I...
HELLO FRIENDS! Today, September 9th, is my birthday and I am 49 years old. I have never been a HUGE birthday person. People who don’t know me well assume I love being celebrated but I do not like the attention that birthdays bring. I am an...
HELLO FRIENDS! Friday July 30, 2021 is INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FRIENDSHIP. I am very fortunate in my life to have friends who are family and family who are friends. My circle is small but mighty. I never knew how mighty until my cancer returned, and I...
HELLO FRIENDS! Suleika Jaouad’s book “Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted” moved me. Although we have had different cancer journeys, as with all cancer experiences there is always connections. As Gilda Radner once said, “Cancer is an elite club I didn’t want to...
On Monday, June 28th, 2021, I will be taking over Gilda’s Club Simcoe-Muskoka’s Instagram Account. To celebrate its namesake's 75th Birthday but also to bring awareness to Gilda’s Club Simcoe Muskoka. If you have followed me for a while, you know how proud I am...
On June 3, 2021, I celebrated my 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY from my last chemo treatment. Since today is NATIONAL CANCER SURVIVOR DAY (Survivor is not a word I love but I will get to that 😉) I thought it was a good day to go...