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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55 of the Best Questions
The 55 Best Questions To Ask To Get To Know Someone Mild: Any upcoming travel plans? Montréal, Québec! What brought you here? To Toronto? Love, school and work … in that order. He and I broke up six months after I moved here, but I stayed for school and work. ‘Tis home now … How…
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…
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 for…
Time After Time
It was 1995. I resigned from a very lucrative position at a very secure company on February 6th, which coincidentally was the day I was christened back in 1966. Later that day, my father told me he was diagnosed with stomach cancer. I remember receiving the news. My head swam, my knees buckled beneath me…
30 New Experiences
Did I post my 1 Second Everyday video here? I know I put it up on Facebook … but #chemobrain has fogged out whether I put it up here. 1 Second Everyday is a phone app which let’s you mash a couple of seconds of video together. The premise is that you take video every…
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My Advice to Graduates
As the summer of 2017 starts and schools end … I watch as the children of family and friends graduate and move on to next chapters in their lives. I pause … and wonder what advice would I give to someone so fresh and new to the world? Their (hopefully) whole life ahead of them? …
Breast Story
This is going to be one of those blog entries that is a bookmark work in progress. As I research the story of our breasts and bring in the context of cancer, I will modify this post into a whole chapter. Check back occasionally for updates. My breasts are two of the smallest in the…
Carly … My souldog
We shouldn’t have Carly. I almost didn’t take her. When I realized we had walked into a puppy mill, I told 12-year-old Matthew that we wouldn’t be taking a puppy. I had picked him up at a Friday night birthday party, and driven 1.5 hours to Colborne, Ontario to get this pup on July 16,…
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