Suicide …

I have hesitated sharing but ultimately if you are reading this, I closed my eyes and hit “Post” My view is controversial at best and based in my own experiences on both sides of the suicide spectrum. In 2002 I had a breakdown. I didn’t see it coming. In hindsight I can see it clearly  […]
Let your Yes be YES and your No be NO!

I am frustrated. I am frustrated by all the indirect communication going on and the interpretations of it. In a world that is quickly filling with the “spiritually intuitive, perceiving empathetic or knowing individuals” etc etc. I am increasingly frustrated with the lack of communication that is actually happening. Here is the situation- I am […]
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

Mike and I recently sat and had filthy martinis in Golden, BC (OK, I did – he had a beer).   Overlooking the river, we toasted our 18 years together, 12 years married, and I can’t help but think back. Mike doesn’t like to … he tries to get as far away from that time as […]
Sit Awhile with me

All the lights faded, trophies had been given out, and I sat there … the crescendo of all my thoughts and emotions crashing down on me … I had just completed what felt like the longest prep season ever for a competition that I didn’t even want to be in … and … I sat […]