small boxes

He came home with a thick, orange information package. I cringed as I began the daunting task of deciphering its instructions. The provincia...

(Originally presented to a group of students as they graduated from high school.) I was a Teacher Assistant in your Grade Four class and y...

1 A prairie January nighttime drive was not what Chicken Bones wanted to be a part of. She was squashed in the back seat of the icy car. T...

We were moms of sons. They were little boys who had stolen our hearts. As we struggled with divorce, custody, child support, remarriage and ...

When I was little I wanted to read the sad parts. Matthew’s death in Anne of Green Gables, Charlotte’s demise in Charlotte’s Web and the “fi...

Yessir, I was feeling pretty smart. I was feeling pretty proud. I had been given a job to do and I figured I could really make a difference....

I can’t play music. I tried piano lessons. My big sister was going to teach me. Her expectations were high. I didn’t want to practice. I cri...