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Can museums be places of healing?

Yesterday was my 42nd birthday, and a month before that it was my second anniversary as the CEO of the…Read More

In honouring you, what I’ve chosen to destroy

Happy 70th Birthday Mama. It’s taken me days to put my thoughts to paper. I’ve wanted to write to you…Read More

a few empty hooks and a little pink jacket

Before I could stop myself the word ‘hello’ escaped my lips. In a sing song, warm voice it rang out,…Read More

2022… good riddance to the year, I hope

It’s been an awful year. There’s really no other way to put it. And this is coming from a self-declared…Read More

Companion, indulge me, leave but for a moment.

Dearest pain, I hope you don’t mind, but I’d like to put you down for a moment. I’ll just set…Read More

the delicate smell of my mother’s life lingers

A couple times a year I take down the box of my late mother’s clothes and unpack it. Inside is…Read More

Alone I sat in the car, wintering, accepting my sadness

I had hoped to sit in the car reading my book. Having just dropped off my 15-year-old at his soccer…Read More

Hmm, where to begin?

A few days ago, I was in a car accident. It wasn’t major but it also wasn’t minor. I was…Read More

A year of sunrises, beautiful beyond words, none the same

I won’t get into how it started, not entirely, that’s a story for another day. Nor will I tell you…Read More

A letter to my mother

Mamo, I don’t know where to begin. Twenty-four years have gone by and still this day brings a sadness I…Read More