Recently, I woke up to another gray winter day in Halifax. Dreary or not, the dog still needed a walk. The view from our apartment...

Three weeks ago, I had emergency gallbladder surgery. The doctors warned me that because of all my past abdominal surgeries, and...

When I was invited to be a guest on the podcast, This Week in Charles Bronson , I thought it might be a hoax. Instead, it became an...

When given the choice of a summer childhood treat, I usually chose lemonade over ice cream.   It was sweet, thirst quenching and yellow,...

My high heel shoes were taunting me as they gathered dust in my closet. A stark reminder of what I can’t wear and do (walk in them!) I’m...

Life is messy. This I know. I have felt so bogged by “messiness” this year that I haven’t been able to write, or even read a book, but...

It’s the end of Invisible Disabilities Awareness Week. Why haven’t I posted sooner? I am acutely aware of my three invisible autoimmune...

I left some of my heart in Halifax. This isn’t about romance, or literal, like a medical catastrophe. It is a loss of another sort....

Bulbous eyes, transparent wings, an elongated body and iridescent colours, dragonflies are more than just an insect to me. There is...

Perfectly-preserved, Lorli, a stuffed animal from my childhood, may not look well-loved, but, as a kid, she was a sort of guardian angel,...

I didn’t anticipate the many connections writing “Why Not Me” would bring me. Me and my family. In December, I was pulling photos for a...

Looking back at some photos today, I was struck by how the love of a dog can spark my happy cells. I smiled when I found a picture of my...

Happily, I have been answering lots of correspondence about my memoir, Why Not Me. Published a few weeks ago, I am already delighted by...

I did it! My memoir, Why Not Me, is published. I’m not sure why I still feel a bit stunned by this news. I worked hard to make it happen....

Invisible. It’s a word that comes up frequently in my memoir. I often felt invisible, as a child, very sick in the hospital. At 11 years...

Recently, I received a compliment that left me glowing. While chatting with a friend, she looked at me and said, “Yeah, but you have...

Yesterday, it popped up on my phone that Christina Applegate has been diagnosed with MS. I have been following her career since the...

Since moving to the Bahamas, I no longer wear a watch - I’m living on “island time.” I’ve let go of the frenetic pace of city life....

My morning smile came today in the form of a compliment. I’m pretty sure it was unintentional, but that’s what made it all the better. A...

I have written one fan letter in my life and it was to Olivia Newton-John. When I was nine years old, my Aunt Jill took me and my cousin...