It’s been over 10 weeks since Theodore came into this world. Ten crazy, lovely and hard weeks. At eight weeks, I wrote this: In the days following his birth I was an emotional wreck, like most mothers.
As the majestic neighbourhood oak trees release their golden flakes, my mind begins to flashback. That first touch of crispness in the air makes my shoulders sag a little. Cold, blue black fear starts to
I was diagnosed with advanced scoliosis, a progressive curvature of my spine, when I was halfway to 16. As I prepared for surgery on my crooked spine a few months later, I thought about the pain, the
I’ve been thinking about death a lot lately. Sometimes at the end of the day, when I’m lying in bed, trying desperately to get comfortable without setting off a chain reaction of pain in my
