I never seem to post here but always on December 6th. Dead for 29 years but may they never be forgotten, say their names:

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I had found this poem last month and then I caught a horrible cold virus and life was sidetracked by some unexpected information about one of my husband’s complex medical issues and the ripples in our life from that information. So, belatedly here is a poem. I am so ready for spring btw ( Read more... )

Today as always I post the names of the women who died in Montreal in 1989, murdered because they were women ( Read more... )

My dear sweet little niece died this morning, 1 day short of 9.5 years of age, 17.5 months after being diagnosed with a terminal inoperable brain stem tumor. She died at home with her mother and father at her side ( Read more... )

I remember...
Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Barbara Klucznik Widajewicz
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte

All their lives ended on December 6th 1989. RIP but never forgotten.

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Yesterday here in Halifax the police announced that they had arrested 2 people, a 20 year old local young man and a 23 year old woman from the USA. A 19 year old man had killed himself thursday evening when the police came to a residence to arrest him. These young people had apparently been plotting to go to a public place and shoot a lot of ( Read more... )

This year I have had a poem picked out for months. In the summer there was an intensive dance program a one of the dance schools where my daughter takes dances classes (she has been doing ballet there for 13 years). My daughter due to her special needs can't do all day weeklong programs, but we did go to the end of week performance. One of the ( Read more... )

I know that today is just St. Nicholas Day for many. A dear friend is also celebrating her 45th birthday today ( Read more... )

Somebody I love very much in my extended family is seriously and probably terminally ill, out of the blue. This is completely unexpected and far before their time. Cancer is awful. Today is all we have. Hold your loved ones tight, tell your family and your friends and partners that you love them each and every day ( Read more... )