I once visited the great battlefield of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was in July, on the 141st....
Coffee with Coco: Salme Stories
Salme Stories: A Mother’s Journey Part 4- War Times and 2 Countries I've been speechless in the...
Coffee with Coco: Salme Stories
Salme Stories: A Mother's Journey Part 3 Reading further into my Mother, Salme's journal I find I...
Coffee with Coco: Salme Stories
Salme Stories – A Mother’s Journey Part 2 There is such unrest in the air today. Isis....
Coffee with Coco: Salme Stories
Salme Stories - A Mother's Journey Part 1 When I was a little girl I remember my sisters and I...
Coffee with Coco: “This Morning”
This Morning It is 5 am and I am awake. Unusual for me not to remain sleeping until the sun peeks...
Coffee with Coco
Resolutions From My Soul There are so many articles about New Year's Resolutions going around. I love it! It's a tradition that reminds us of who we were and who we want to become. I don’t want this to be just another array of typical, intangible promises to myself...
2014 Tsunami~Our Ishan
Boxing Day 2014. The 10 year memorial for the 2004 Tsunami that hit Asia and changed my family's perspective, and my career goal in music, forever. Through the Canadian Christian Children's Fund we were able to reach our foster son, Ishan, with letters and pictures a...
The Need to Rest
Recently I was at a meeting full of inspirational Women. We shared tips on how to fulfill our lives as Women in all roles: Daughter. Sister. Niece. Grand-Daughter. Student. Friend. Lover. Girlfriend. Woman. Wife/Partner. Aunt. Mother. Grand-Mother. Perhaps...
My First Public Speaking Event with Women Talk
October 28, 2014 is a day that will stand out in history for me. It was the day I could speak for the first time about my journey to my present. I wouldn't change a moment of my past because it gave me, and my Children, great strength that we may not have otherwise...
From Facebook to Notebook
I've taken Facebook off my phone. I have challenged myself to only check it for family news every now and then, and make minimal business postings from a shared computer. I visit it every other day or two, maybe three. I needed it for a while to fill the spaces when I...