This week I learned about the fragility grief recovery through the process of trying to build a new loving relationship. I thought three years was long enough, I felt stable, generally happy, motivated and confident. But… this week it came crashing down! It has been my belief for sometime...

Today is World Mental Health Awareness Day; hence it seemed an appropriate title. However, the desire to write today was coincidental. I haven’t written recently, and there seems to be a correlation between my lack of reflection and my mental state. How am I? Good question. Life has become...

I had been dreading yesterday for some time. It was my late wife’s first birthday since her passing. She should’ve been 41; instead, she’ll be forever 40. In contradiction to how I thought I’d feel, yesterday was a good day, albeit perhaps a little too busy. The day stated...

One of Duggi’s 10 Rules to raising gr8 kids was; Manage yourself. Care for yourself with compassion (because kids model us). So today I took a day off work and planned to spend the day taking care of myself. Yeah right! My day started by screaming at my 4-year...

It was going to happen… eventually. The dreaded trip to the minor injuries clinic. With 4 boys we always expected that the minor injuries clinic would become somewhat of a second home. Previously a trip to the clinic was a major inconvenience that should be avoided at all costs....

The title of this post is in honour of my beautiful, committed, and hard working wife Deganit “Duggi”, who passed away at the age of 40 in January from complications of the flu. She started on a vlog (video blog) in November where she said, “Basically, I don’t think...