Ya Gotta Laugh About It

A coincidental dinner party... Created a memory of a lifetime. TAKEN: APRIL 7th, 2025 Palm Beach, Aruba  Before we landed in Aruba, we knew ...

Remembering my Dad. Taken: SPRING 1996   To the living, I am gone. To the sorrowful, I will never return. To the angry, I was cheated. But t...

  (c) The Toronto Star - All rights reserved Article published February 8th, 2025 COLLINGWOOD, Ont. —Ashley Milnes Schwalm’s family and frie...

As I have shared here several times before, because I lost my mother in her fifty seventh year, I have promised myself that I would never wi...

 I woke this morning to a calendar alert from my phone simply labelled JS sentencing. Originally set for this day is September, it had be po...

The truth of the matter is I knew when I made the decision to take Annie up the hill at the cottage on September 3rd, she would never come b...

Annie arrived back at the cottage Thursday September 19th.  TAKEN: SEPTEMBER 21st, 2024 As I sit and stare at my screen of the photo I snapp...

As clear as day, I remember the exact moment we found our beautiful Annie.  I was sitting on the balcony watching the sunset in a resort in ...

My amazing cousin Denny doing what he loved most. TAKEN: AUGUST 2013 Denny Ladouceur 1958- 2024 When I was young, vinyl records filled our h...

Image copyright belongs to @CAN_Femicide (Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice & Accountability) This is the second time I have pos...

  In the Yukon, doing what he loved to do most. I will miss you always xoxo TAKEN: MAY 2008 It has been a painful week for me, as yesterday ...

Top Left - The Kids and Toby TAKEN: JUNE 2008 Top Right - Hubby, Daisy and Dottie TAKEN: MARCH 2012 Bottom Right - Puddin' rocking the d...

A very powerful photo of reflection snapped as the sun began to set on December 25th. TAKEN: DECEMBER 25th, 2023   The year twenty-twenty th...

As the year comes to a close at midnight tonight, there is so much I am very thankful for. So much so, that I have no idea where to start.  ...

We landed at the cottage Friday night to a couple of pleasant surprises. First one was that we weren’t carried down the hill by blackflies a...

My Uncle Roger and I. One of my best buddies growing up! TAKEN: JUNE 27th, 2005 I have always loved this photo of my Uncle Roger and I.  Tho...

As we approach the first anniversary of my best friend Smarties' death, I can't help but focus on our last phone call.  He loved Ear...