According to a recent study by Quaker Canada, more than one in five Canadian parents (21%) have struggled financially themselves to ensure their child is appropriately dressed for winter. Stats like that shatter my heart into a million pieces.  As a mother to two young children myself, the thought of ANY child not being warm...

Almost a year ago, the world lost Jim Gibbons. My dad. The void has been palpable for so many. I still have friends and family tell me how much this is affecting them and I really get it. My dad was larger than life. This morning, I got proof of his larger-than-life-ness.   I had...

A few weeks ago, I posted on my social channels that I had some exciting news to share.  The reason I couldn’t share quite at that moment was because logistics were still being sorted out (and I didn’t want to jinx the situation).  I promise I wasn’t trying to cryptic or annoying.  We just didn’t...