a daughter’s rendering and remembering
November 16, 2018: I doubt I will ever get over the deep grief I feel each…
Browsing: rhyming
ascendants: awakening to where and whom we came from
Some days I miss my home and my mom more than others. I think about…
hail mary i need to pee
In March 2017, I wrote an open letter to Québec’s Minister of Health regarding the…
dementia caregivers: a poem
I didn’t want to leave my comfortable life in Dubai to come back to Canada…
when you’re put behind bars
November 16, 2017: In a strange moment of foreshadowing, I took this picture of Mom…
all fixed up: a lighthearted ode to our broken bits
The problem with overvaluing perfection is it sometimes leads us to want to fix things…
the day i gave away mom’s clothes
October 8, 2017: Mom’s faux fur coat has been hanging in an upstairs closet for five…
tears to my eyes
This is a poem about the sad state of world affairs, and about missing my…
an alzheimer parent’s poem
I always feel sad when other care partners feel bad when their parent or parents…
i want to live
My mother was a woman of great strength and determination. A fighter. This poem…