Tornado Force Of Resistance

This past weekend, the city of Ottawa and surrounding areas were hit by two tornadoes. It was certainly a first in my lifetime to see that kind of destruction so close to home. Roger and I watched the storm from our balcony and witnessed the extreme rain and high winds, but fortunately, our building was…

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I Want To Be Perfect. For You.

I have grappled with the importance of my appearance for as long as I can remember. I’ve written about it here. And Here. And here. And here. And here. Wanting to act and appear “perfect” so that I could hide my mounting imperfections behind closed doors has been an underlying theme in my life…forever. Opening…

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What Will Ferrell Can Teach Us About Life.

I have something I want to tell you. A habit of mine that you might find a little weird. But considering all the other weird things I’ve told you, this is nothing. So, here goes. I LOVE watching commencement speeches. I’m serious. I literally get excited when I see that a new one has come…

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I’m Scared Shi*less.

I am finally starting to get it. I am finally starting to understand how it all works. Well, maybe not how it all works, but this part I’m starting to really get. The part about being afraid. The part about fear and how it is going to show up in my life as long as I…

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Lessons From My Haters

What I had been fearing most since getting on social media finally happened last week after I posted about the night I spent with Billy Idol. If you didn’t see the post, I recount an evening back in August, 2008, where I was “scouted” and taken back to Billy’s hotel room after the concert and…

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Sharing My Story With The World

Last week, I appeared on Rogers Daytime to share my story. I was afraid to do it, and so I figured that was a really good sign that I should. I used some of what Kathie Donovan taught me when we sat down to talk about her book Inspiration In Action: A Woman’s Guide To…

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