A Few Things I've Been Thinking About 

My suitcase is open on the bed, and I’m already overwhelmed. I have a trip coming up, and I’ve been thinking about what to pack for far too long.

Not because I’m trying to look fabulous (although that’s always nice)—but because, like so many women, I’m packing for every version of myself that might...

I blinked - and just like that it's June.

My garden is growing, the sun is warm, and the sounds of summer are calling. Here in Canada, that means we have just a few precious months to truly savour the season - to stretch out in the sunshine, soak up every golden hour, and lean into the slower rhyth...

When I invited my mother on a girl's trip to Texas, I didn't expect her reaction to break my heart just a little.

It was May and we were escaping a long Calgary winter for some Texas sunshine - just me and my mom on a rare mother-daughter getaway. I was excited for the River Walk, the reunion, and ...

Mother's Day can be tender.

For some, it's a time of bunches of flowers, and heartfelt cards. For others, it's marked by a quiet ache and the weight of memories that live where a mother once did.

I was raised by a woman who stitched strength into every seam. My mother was a European seamstress who...

My friends call her Lola.

She's the part of me that shows up when the Prosecco's poured and the truth is ready to be told.

She's strong, stylish, wise and a little sassy.

She doesn't whisper. She winks.

She doesn't apologize. She owns it.

And she definately doesn't believe in invisibility. 

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There's just something about spring isn't there? Depending on where you live in the northern hemisphere, you may be enjoying true spring temperatures already. I live vicariously through those of you basking in warmth while I wait for my own corner of the world to catch up.

Alberta is still clinging...