Rearview: Period promise

Rearview: Period promise

We can now call Aunt Flo by her real name: menstruation “Mom I NEED you!” I yelled loudly from the toilet so that I’d be heard through the bathroom door, across the hall, and into my parents’ bedroom. My mom was still sleeping. My dad, already up, responded, “Let your...
Ahead by a century

Ahead by a century

Mom was born on January 4, 1917. If you do the math, you’ll see that she earned the right to be Ahead by a Century. And yes, she was tragically hip! Helene Byrne and Gord Downy were both ahead of their time. While she taught me too many scintillating lessons to...

Rearview: Packing up hope

As seen in [downloads ids="156027" columns="1" excerpt="no"] Good nutrition fuels brain power. Are all BC children getting their fair share? Shoulder length messy blond curls framed her pale, almost ethereal face. Sad apologetically blue eyes, set deep against...