Lest we forget

This will be the first year in many that I won’t be down at Victory Square for Remembrance Day. I always think of my grandpa… his shiny shoes and box of poppies around his neck. I picture him standing in front of the Bank of Montreal wearing his medals, and then being in the parade in…

Every Dec 1st two things come to mind when I awaken…

The AIDS crisis and the Montreal Massacre (Dec 6 ’89) and I just can’t help it. And I believe its a good thing as neither one should ever be forgotten. Its world AIDS Day and HIV/AIDS Awareness week in Canada. I remember the years before this horrible disease was discovered and changed our lives forever.…

Please join us in protesting the BC government’s proposed cuts to newborn health visits.

“All mothers and newborns should receive a visit from a public health nurse, if they want or need one.” These visits are a godsend to new moms when they are at their most vulnerable. They help detect post-partum depression, jaundice, breast feeding issues and much more. These problems …cut across socio-economic lines. Funding for this…

This is HUGE! Birthing from Within Prenatal Class – by donation in support of Shanti Uganda

If you know me you know ALL about the Shanti Uganda Society and why I am so proud to be a 2011 Ambassador! And if you are into birth and live in Vancouver you know all about my fellow Ambassador Sarah juliusson and Dancing Star Birth! Dancing Star Birth is doing a donation prenatal education…