I made it to 2018

My biggest fear with cancer was to not live long enough to see another snowfall.  But I made it to Winter 2018.  And wiped snow off my car.  Three times in one day!  I wasn’t sure I would make it this far when I had this conversation with myself: Stage IV I died in 2017.  […]

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The Christmas Ornament

On Matthew’s 2nd Christmas, I promised him that I would always make the season magical for him.  For his first Christmas, the Grinch stole our Christmas Tree.  I was so incredibly sad that year, that I didn’t even buy a “Baby’s 1st Christmas” ornament.  Over the years, I have thought about kijiji-shopping for something from […]

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Flashdance

Are you old enough to remember the movie Flashdance?  “Alex” holds down two jobs as a welder and an exotic dancer while dreaming of becoming a professional ballet dancer.  It has all the ingredients of a good story … love, failure, triumph and some exceptionally well choreographed music numbers.  You can’t help but be on […]

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Push Over

I went shopping at the mall yesterday to try to get all of my Christmas shopping done in one day.  Almost succeeded.  Just two gifts left for my son.  I want to get him a new phone because he desperately needs one.  His phone no longer takes pictures, fades in and out of wifi and […]

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Happy Birthday, Mom

It is the unresolved complications that torture us the most. I wasn’t there when my Mom died.  She was 92-years-old and living on the west end of Toronto, where she moved to be close to her sister and family after my Dad passed away November 7th, 1995.  She knew no one except me on the […]

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Flirting 101

Heather?                           Check A Sexy Outfit?                Check Lipstick?                           Check A Big Smile?                    Check Oozing Sex Appeal?    Double Check The Art & Science of Flirting 101 … today’s lesson once again began at the Fracture Clinic.  The first day of class was back on October 4, 2017 when the ER doctor said “Lisa, stay there and don’t […]

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Rules to Date Me

  Three men created POF profiles. The Firefighter. The Race Car Driver. The Farmer. Each of them were enamoured with Heather.  And Lisa.  They haven’t met Sophie or Roxy.  Two are intrigued with Sasha.  One is a little nervous of her, I think. The hottest one is the Italian Race Car Driver.  But finding time […]

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