I once visited the great battlefield of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was in July, on the 141st. anniversary of the battle. Sticky hot. Lush. Vintage. Charming. And it carried with it a song that will echo through my mind and heart forever. I was on a personal...
Salme Stories: A Mother’s Journey Part 4- War Times and 2 Countries I've been speechless in the wrong way these days. Reacting, without thinking, to all of the present day fear of refugees, immigration, ISIS, ISIL, tyranny, terrorism, and afraid of what could be...
Salme Stories: A Mother's Journey Part 3 Reading further into my Mother, Salme's journal I find I am captivated by this little round-cheeked darling. Her past helps me to discover so many things I didn't know about my Mother as well as the little things that made her...
Salme Stories – A Mother’s Journey Part 2 There is such unrest in the air today. Isis. Plummeting oil prices. Crashing economies. Job losses. The ever-present causes and effects of homelessness and hardship. Some say life is a choice. Life says it is pure chance....
Salme Stories - A Mother's Journey Part 1 When I was a little girl I remember my sisters and I getting ready for bed. We would be so excited to stay up a 'few more minutes' because Mom said she would tell us a 'Salme Story' before we went to sleep. Our Mom. Salme. We...
This Morning It is 5 am and I am awake. Unusual for me not to remain sleeping until the sun peeks out from behind the lids of night. Sleep is precious to me. It heals my body and removes MS from it’s memory. For another day. But this day, it’s more about memory than...
Resolutions From My Soul There are so many articles about New Year's Resolutions going around. I love it! It's a tradition that reminds us of who we were and who we want to become. I don’t want this to be just another array of typical, intangible promises to myself...
Boxing Day 2014. The 10 year memorial for the 2004 Tsunami that hit Asia and changed my family's perspective, and my career goal in music, forever. Through the Canadian Christian Children's Fund we were able to reach our foster son, Ishan, with letters and pictures a...
Recently I was at a meeting full of inspirational Women. We shared tips on how to fulfill our lives as Women in all roles: Daughter. Sister. Niece. Grand-Daughter. Student. Friend. Lover. Girlfriend. Woman. Wife/Partner. Aunt. Mother. Grand-Mother. Perhaps...
October 28, 2014 is a day that will stand out in history for me. It was the day I could speak for the first time about my journey to my present. I wouldn't change a moment of my past because it gave me, and my Children, great strength that we may not have otherwise...
I've taken Facebook off my phone. I have challenged myself to only check it for family news every now and then, and make minimal business postings from a shared computer. I visit it every other day or two, maybe three. I needed it for a while to fill the spaces when I...