This post follows directly from Part Two… My reluctant driver friend arrived at the designated time with the pillow as requested. He got out and helped me into the car as I’d warned in a text message I would likely … Continue reading
This post follows directly from Part One… We left off downloading in the gondola, my arm in agony, no splint, just the sling… They stopped the gondola to allow me to get out while it wasn’t moving. The paramedics asked … Continue reading
“Help! Please. Somebody. Help ME!” I screamed for a about five minutes on repeat before anyone came. Part One: On August 29, 2016, I broke and dislocated my elbow. It was a Monday, and I’d created a long weekend for … Continue reading
Not for the first time in my life has a crisis outweighed what could have been a heartbreaking experience for me. Crisis outweighs Heartbreak. A good friend, someone I considered up and in line with my best of friends, “broke … Continue reading
A few weeks ago I sent a belated birthday card and letter update to my mom. I couldn’t find the address to where she is currently living so I Googled it. Clicking through the website for the retirement home to … Continue reading
Two years ago Saturday I was approved as an adoptive parent. My home study was signed off by me and the team leader at the Ministry of Child and Family Development and I was approved. Two years. It feels like a … Continue reading
Taking a hiatus. Another way of saying withdrawing into a slump of hopelessness. Followed, of course, by the journey back to a place where hope dwells. I remember years ago, in my early 20’s, I had started seeing my bio-dad … Continue reading
Last weekend during a three hour yoga workshop I connected with the feeling that I’ve been holding too tightly to outcomes in my life. And I – again – realised that when I feel as though my life is spinning … Continue reading
These are my choices right now: to stay in my town, or to adopt and start a family. Yes, burgeoning house and rental prices are forcing me to choose between adoption or the town that I have called home for … Continue reading