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LoveChild 21: Growing Pains

My parents had enjoyed having a happy, healthy new baby. But neither of them were prepared to look after a walking, talking toddler with a mind of her own.

LoveChild 20: Bob and Margaret—The Years Before Me

Bob and Margaret had settled into a new life in Indian head, and were building their future together. But one piece of their plan wasn’t working out the way they’d hoped.

A 100-year-old Christmas greeting

When my mother and I went through her belongings, we discovered a couple of keepsake boxes with things that had belonged to my dad’s parents. Including several very old Christmas cards. I thought I’d share one of them with you.This one is probably my favourite.In case you have difficulty reading it, the verse says,Across the […]

The Gift We So Often Neglect

It’s easy to forget that the God we celebrate at Christmas is more creative than any of us can imagine. After all, it was the Creator who dreamed up butterflies, hedgehogs, zebras, and macaws. Not to mention the Northern Lights, oysters, peacocks, and snowflakes. So why aren’t God’s children celebrated for their creativity?

LoveChild 19: Beginning a New Life in Indian Head

After eighteen months of living with Robert’s family, Robert and Margaret were more than ready to set out on their own, even if it meant moving nearly 200 miles away.

LoveChild 18: Just Married—and Living with His Family!

After a hasty marriage, Robert and Margaret, two very different people, begin to learn about one another. That’s made even more difficult when they’re living with other family members.

LoveChild 17: A Fairytale Romance

He was 26, a quiet country boy with only grade 8, still living with his very religious mother and working at a job he didn’t like. She was 27, a thoroughly modern girl who’d left home at 16 to work at Eaton’s, and loved to be out dancing. But it was love at first sight for these two very different people.

LoveChild 16: My Father’s Story

It was 1925. Robert Shaw’s father had died five days after he turned 13; his teacher had told him he was “stupid;” he wasn’t equipped for the kind of job he wanted. What did his future hold?

LoveChild 15: My Father’s Parents, George and Jennie Shaw

It’s so easy to forget, in 2019, that only 100 years ago, life was very different. And that 150 years ago, many immigrants, many from Ireland, were building homes in Canada, creating communities, clearing farmland, and building cabins, and then houses, in which to live and raise their families. My paternal grandparents were two of those people.

LoveChild 14b: Our Sherritt / Baird Heritage Pt. 2

“We’re all ghosts. We all carry, inside us,people who came before us.”Liam Callanan, The Cloud Atlas In Part 1 (my last post), which was primarily about our Sherritt ancestors, I mentioned that George Sherritt married Sarah Jane Baird in 1873. Side Note: In case, like me, you’re wondering why so many first names are […]

Can You Be Both Pro-Life and Pro-Choice?

Abortion is a consequence of a society that doesn’t provide adequate care for its women and mothers.

Feeling Overwhelmed These Days? I Am.

Mature, sad woman sitting on her bed feeling overwhelmed

At my core, I’m a fiction writer, but over the last three or so years, I’ve pretty well given up the struggle to even try to write anything fun because there’s just too much harsh reality going on around me. And so many lies….

So I’ve decided to write about how I feel and what I see.

LoveChild 14a: Our Sherritt / Baird Heritage Pt. 1

My desire to understand my parents led me all the way back to Ireland during the famine of the 1840s.

Breast Cancer: A Caregiver’s Perspective

When his wife was diagnosed with breast cancer a year ago, Les Lindquist had no choice but to become her primary caregiver. That led to his battling depression.

My One-Year Breast Cancer Anniversary

Me in the Maritimes September, 2018.One year ago today, Les and I were driving a sturdy rental car through a barren stretch on the north shore of Newfoundland when my cell phone rang. First, I was surprised that there was any cell coverage—for much of this trip there wasn’t. Second, since I rarely give out my number, […]

10 Months After Learning I Might Have Cancer, I’m Almost Back to Being “Normal Me”

This is going to be short, but I wanted to let everyone know that I’m more or less back after an unexpected hiatus due to a routine mammogram that found a small breast tumour that turned out to be cancer.10 months ago, my life went on an unexpected detour…After the phone call indicating a possible […]

Growing Up Adopted: An Interview with N. J. Lindquist

Last October, my daughter-in-law Elle Lindquist interviewed me about growing up as an adopted child in the years before open adoption and how that has impacted my life—which is related to the memoir I’m blogging here. This interview was planned in the summer before I had the routine mammogram that indicated I might have cancer. And […]

Chemotherapy, Breast Cancer, and Me – Part 5

After discovering that my oncologist wanted me to have chemotherapy, I had two weeks to decide what to do and get ready.

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