AKA WHAT AN IDIOT I AM! AKA I'VE HAD LOTS OF PRACTICE LEARNING TO LAUGH AT MYSELF! Those awkward moments… -when you send ‘that’ text to the wrong person -when you forget someone’s name, but you waited too long to ask…or you think you remember, and call them by the wrong name all night -when … Continue reading Those Awkward Moments… →

This year I didn’t even put up a Christmas tree. What has happened to my Christmas spirit? It’s just not what it used to be. I fondly look back at the Christmases in my childhood which are vivid in my memory. I think I remember them so well because things were always the same, always … Continue reading Christmas-Back in Gem →

Waiting in the cubicleSeparated only by blue curtainsI sit waitingMy daughter is in recovery andI am scared I hear the woman beside meTalking incessantly on her phonePetty gossip, laughing, droning onI want to tell her to shut the hell upTo tell her she is loud and annoyingBut I don’t I hear another woman further downArguing … Continue reading But I Don’t →

As I write this blog I am at the Misericordia Hospital waiting while my daughter is in surgery. I don’t like being here; it brings back painful memories of when my mom was here so many years ago. I am here though to support my daughter and be there for her and take her home. … Continue reading Last Hurdle →

The goalie is occasionally the star of the gameBut more often than not he takes the blameHe’s stuck back there alone in netExpected to stop or at least deflectThat never-ending speeding puckHe relies on brains and hopes for luckAnd plays each game with grit and pride(A little humour thrown in on the side!)He’s always there … Continue reading The Goalie →