Category Archives: Cat Chat – Blog

I’ve published some of my blogs into a collection. Catch up on past blogs or buy a copy for friends and family.  Proceeds from  sales goes to support Brain Cancer Research through the Alberta Cancer Foundation. For order information, book … Continue reading →

Why it’s important to celebrate even the worst days of our lives Continue reading →

Another gorgeous winter day in Calgary, or so it seems from the view through our living room window as I alternate sips of my cancer fighting smoothie and green tea.  The sky is brilliant blue with not a single cloud … Continue reading →

As turkey leftovers diminish from the fridge, used Christmas paper heads to the curb for recycling and retail professionals recover from Boxing Day Bonanzas, there is a brief period where we can exhale from the hurry of the holidays and … Continue reading →

Waking up this morning, October 15th, 2010, I cautiously open the blinds and cringe at the grey sky staring back.   Johanna had been right, Calgary’s heat wave is over and winter is creeping in.  I place my feet on the … Continue reading →

Approaching the end  of chemo in June, I couldn’t help but look forward to “Life after Treatment.”   One of the hardest mental battles I faced during treatment was, I had to learn to live life without a critical path.  If … Continue reading →

On no doubt a beautiful day, sometime in April 1999 I was sitting on a couch in the Student Life Centre at the University of Waterloo, when I was handed a green invitation to “Last Call”; an end of an … Continue reading →