Tag Archives: courage

I may be “disabled” but I’m sure as heck no victim.

On Monday, I was featured in an article in our local paper, the Guardian. (You can read it here.) It talks about my journey from being very ill, to creating a life for myself that I love. It’s a great piece and the reporter, Mary MacKay, really captures my voice and my energy. I’ve had [...]

A Letter From My Fear

Dear Self, We haven’t spoken in a while. I don’t know if we’ve ever spoken in fact. Let me introduce myself. I am your fear. We need to talk. I need some things from you – I need you to hear me, to see me, to listen to me. I am so afraid. I am [...]

I love this girl.

Melanie Mullen has balls (but not literally). I met Melanie for the first time this weekend, when I went out to do the Queen Street Art Saturday in downtown Niagara Falls (which is a lot of fun, by the way, and you should all come out). She is the driving force behind the downtown revival, [...]