Dear Mom, Where do you even begin writing a letter to the most important woman in your life? What words do you use when trying to articulate how much of an impact a single person has had on your life? There have been so many lessons that you’ve taught me, some that you planned and [...]
Grief (noun) Keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss; sharp sorrow; painful regret. A cause or occasion of keen distress or sorrow. However, grief isn’t just a collection of words that fit neatly into crystal jar for us to display in our living rooms, an object to remind us that we’ve survived [...]
Dear Anxiety, For years you have been lurking in the shadows of my mind, biding your time until you saw the perfect opportunity to insert yourself into my life. You came dressed in vibrant colours and draped in glittering jewels with a voice that acted as a soothing balm to my parched heart. You whispered [...]
We live in a fast-paced, do-it-yourself, put on your big girl pants kind of world. We rush, and we hustle, and we hurry, and we search for meaning as we run from one thing to the next. As humans, we crave connection, to know that we’re not alone and that someone out there cares for [...]
This past December, I participated in a campaign known as Dressember, which is a worldwide movement to not only raise awareness about human trafficking but to also raise funds to support organizations currently working on the front lines. Dressember is centered around a style challenge where you wear a dress or tie every day of [...]
Next Step Ministries is an organization working in Calgary, AB, to help women exit sexual exploitation and rediscover what they’ve buried deep within themselves. They also hold an extraordinary place in my heart because I got the immense privilege to be a live-in at one of their houses for the tail end of 2017. The [...]
For some people, it may seem absurd to wear a dress during one of the coldest months of the year, and when you tell them that you’re doing it to bring awareness to the injustice of human trafficking, they assume that you must be insane. After all, human trafficking isn’t that big of a deal, [...]
