I’m Okay. But I’m Furious.
I’m going to see my 31-year-old nephew in prison next week. I’m terrified. The last time I saw him was shortly before Xmas, he showed up at my door in the middle of the night because I wrote a book that he believed mentioned him by name (my mother put that in his head). He […]
Real Stories, Second Chances
I am pumped. I am proud. I am invited. At 61 years old, I’ll be stepping onto the stage as a keynote speaker at an upcoming event celebrating what it means to move through the world with the intention to be clean and sober — and free. But my story didn’t start there. The first […]
Black History Month – Iyanla Vanzant
During Black History Month in Canada, I’m reflecting on the impact of Iyanla Vanzant and the leadership of Black women who have shaped conversations about trauma and healing. We come from different racial histories and realities, but we share the lived experience of surviving child sexual violence and choosing healing. I honour her work while […]
Beloved Warrior
Today was a pivotal day for me. The therapy work I’ve committed to over the past few years has shifted. The trauma work built the foundation. Now it’s time for identity work. And that feels big. Because when you’ve spent years surviving, healing, and rebuilding — you eventually have to ask: Who am I beyond […]
Child Sexual Violence in Canada by the Numbers
I’m working on a piece about child sexual violence in Canada. I knew the research. I wrote the paper. But seeing the statistics visually stopped me cold. Why do numbers hit harder than words? Because counting turns tragedy into scale — and scale is impossible to ignore.
Jess Michaels – Epstein Survivor
Thank you, Jess Michaels, for your courage in standing up and speaking out about the sexual violence you experienced at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein. Your devotion to helping us understand sexual violence—and how it lives in bodies, systems, and silence—is deeply admirable. I wholeheartedly say yes to your call to create something together: a […]
Light We Make Together
The vote is in. The picture project has a name. Isn’t it beautiful? This is the picture project for those who would like to participate.
Sixty-Six Days of Loving Healing and One Brave Morning
This morning I did something I never imagined possible. I sent my picture project to the Minister at Eastminster United Church where I volunteer for the Out of the Cold programme. Walking into a Christian institution is brutal for me. When I was 16, a street kid, a Catholic priest befriended me and with the […]
Where Beauty Meets Healing
I’ve started a project with my nieces, nephews, and cousins across Canada. They’re photographing nature with no humans, no buildings, no roads. Just the pure, unclaimed love of the natural world. I’m framing their images on my walls, and it is already changing me. It feels like love in action. I no longer feel alone […]
A Gift for You
Last night was my final night of the Art Expression series at The Gatehouse. As usual, I did not like the workshops at first. Then I realised it was just me shaming myself. The same old soundtrack that has been looping since I was a kid. I believed I was a lousy artist. I held […]