Coming Home
The Aunts who lived in the house on Montrose were the rock of the family, welcoming and nurturing all members, especially those deemed to be in need of their loving care.
Oh Canada!
Making a new life in a new country can be amazing, wonderful, scary, and sometimes traumatizing, but how you meet and beat those challenges can define you as a person and make you stronger. New immigrants and their progeny did just that when coming to Canada in the fifties.
Hoarding or Savouring?
A kerbside collection day sparks fond musings about the things we hang on to and the reasons we do so.
On My Dad’s upcoming 100th birthday
I’m allowed to brag a bit at this point because my father, Gerry Weiss, is about to turn 100, and if you can’t sound the trumpets then, when can you?
One Demure Chastity Belt Bust
The article describes a moment when a daughter who thought her mother was stuck in the ‘backwards’ 1950s was really a feminist in her own way in her own time. The daughter realizes that she may have thought she was educated, but at the end of the day, women like her mother fought the battles before she was born. She now looks at her mother in a different way.
I Love You Heart and Soul
A child with autism struggles to communicate to his mother his profound love for her.
The Kitchen Counter
Sweet memories of a mother at her tiny kitchen counter serenely whipping up Christmas goodies for family and frieds.
A pilgrimage can take many forms
If a pilgrimage is a journey to a sacred or meaningful destination, with intention and attention, well, then, these simple walks would qualify.
Dads Are Supposed to Know What They Are Doing, Right?
In a series of vignettes, both humorous and tender, writer Gab Halasz sketches the special relationship between a slightly eccentric but loving father and a smart, independent-minded daughter.
Norman – In Memoriam
When I was a child, there was a man in my life that taught me about integrity, honour and basic human decency. He taught me that a man’s greatest strength was his word and his ability, his determination, to live by it. As a child being raised by a … Read more →
