by parrish | Feb 18, 2024 | Being Human, Loving, Mental Health
A couple weeks ago, I had a heart-changing conversation. It was beautiful, healing and full of love. It was a conversation I never thought would happen, an apology I never thought I’d receive. But this isn’t a post about the breakdown – it doesn’t matter who...
by parrish | Jan 21, 2024 | Being Human, Loving
I’ve come to accept that to be human is to ache. We may try to avoid it, to keep the pain away, but our efforts are foolish. Just as a smile will once again cross our face, so will tears stream down our cheeks. Grief and heartbreak come in many forms. From a loss of...
by parrish | Jan 7, 2024 | Being Human, Loving, Mental Health, Mothering, Parenting
I’ve done very little personal writing the last few years. I used to blog about being a mom to two spirited children. I wrote about moving home to my small town, about my own mental health. But since my divorce in 2018, it’s been harder to know what to say. I haven’t...
by parrish | Apr 15, 2020 | Faith in Many Forms, Loving
As a child I felt a strong pull to spirituality but was raised atheist and therefore thought these longings to be silly, potentially even simple-minded. But now, as an adult woman and mother navigating the turbulence of life, I see the immeasurable value of these...
by parrish | Aug 16, 2016 | Being Human, Loving
Moving home…. To a SMALL town. My hometown. There’s nothing like it. Everywhere I go, there are people I know. Literally. I walk out my back door and see straight across the fence to the deck where my Grade 9 homeroom teacher enjoys the weather with his lovely wife....
by parrish | May 10, 2014 | Loving, Mothering
I just came from seeing Shelley Fillipoff, mother of Emma Filipoff who has been missing for 17 months. Shelley is my friend in the weird way that your friend’s parents are when you come from a small town. But I am definitely friends with Emma’s sister....
