The interesting part about moving so much, meeting new friends, missing important life moments back home and trying to settle into yet another new job, city and life is how quickly you realize (if you’re like me) who cares about you and who doesn’t. A lot of the relationships I would’ve considered most important have crumbled over the years – – distance puts a strain on a relationship. Looking back, the relationships that blew up,

Dear Chris, Okay. Breathe! This is it. Today is HUGE. It is epic. It is something you’ve been waiting for, ever since your first dance with a pretty little blonde 8 years ago. Today is the first day of the rest of your life. You are the best around. You love people. You love helping people. You love making people laugh. You love making, building, fixing, remodelling anything you can get your hands on. You’re

Relationships make the world go round. Whether we like to admit it or not, our personal and work relationships have a huge impact on mental and emotional well-being. How many of you have friendships that exhaust you? Thrill you? Cure your blues? Frustrate you? etc… We all do! The thing about relationships is that they are ever changing and evolving and they take WORK to maintain. Everyone we meet serves a purpose and teaches us

Happy Mother’s Day Mum! I hope you are relaxing drinking a big cup of coffee as you read this. You are not just a mother or woman, but a super woman in the truest sense. Today, on this fabulous spring day I am writing this “letter of THANK YOU” as an acknowledgement to all those years that you have spent nurturing us, with all your love, care, and well deserved scoldings (ha ha). You have

“Any man can be a Father but it takes someone special to be a dad.” -Anne Geddes Today on your birthday, I take this opportunity to write a letter to you and express how much I truly love and admire you. It has almost been 30 years since I have known you. A father is said to be the first man in a daughters life, the first man to show her what love is. He makes a huge impact on

We’ve all been there – – you’re out at an event or enjoying time with friends and family the questions start. “Sooo what’s the latest with you and ……..?!” (If anything is new you’d know) “Where’s ……??” (whyyyyy are you even asking…) “Why did things end? Oh my god, I’m sorry, being single is SO hard” (positive reinforcement, I like it) “I would NOT want to be single now-a-days” (ohhh thanks!!) “Have you tried online

I am not one to talk about relationships or love BUT today is a special day! Today is my little brother and his high school sweetheart, Jen’s wedding social (a Manitoba, Canada “party” to celebrate the soon to be newly-weds) and I could not be more excited for them. They are the kind of couple that people write stories about. He is loud, goofy, and crazy and she is quiet (or lots quieter than him haha),

I’ve introduced you all to my sister, Danie before but today is her 27th birthday so today I’m writing about sisters  – – anyone who has one knows, they can make the best friends or the best foes (depending on the day and the fight). Whether you’re hanging out or freaking out, having a sister to do it with makes it all the more fun! To celebrate, I’d like to honor my best friend —

Dear little brother,  I remember before you were born I didn’t know what to make of you, what the heck was I going to do with a brother? What did brothers do anyways? In fact for a few years you were “Chrissy” BUT I soon learned…  Brothers push you on the ground, throw ice chunks at you for fun, stand on your hair and try to pull you up… brothers tease you and, thrive off