Oh Canada, my home and native land, as I prepare to celebrate your beauty by decorating my entire family in tacky flag clothing and slapping them head to foot in…

Imagine being married to someone who publishes your personal life in a newspaper that goes county-wide every week. The Carpenter, my spouse, is a real trouper. So I ask that…

My life is a Shakespearian comedy. Take last Friday morning, for example. Everything was going according to plan. Lunches were packed, school bags organized, children fed, even I was dressed…

There has been a lot of talk in the media lately about the dangers of driving while text messaging. Mobile phones must be hands-free. Even iPods and other techno gadgetry…

The decision to become a mother wasn’t one that I recall consciously making, at least not initially. I wasn’t the girl who grew up with a check list of must-do’s…