✶ Consciously defying the stigma of aging.
✶ A wannabe masterchef, I chop it like it’s hot in my own hell’s kitchen.
✶ To protect my ample shelf, I tuck in a bib at every meal.
✶ I delivered an 11 lb. – 12 oz. baby boy fresh from my oven on Thanksgiving Day.
✶ When I’m peeved, my chin juts forward several inches.
✶ Has the enviable ability to stew, defrost, shake it off, and let go.
✶ If I pledged a sorority, I would definitely be an Alpha.
✶ An avid crusader for local arts, my bat signal illuminates music venues, literary and food festivals, theatre, pubs, and parks.
✶ A music aficionado, and queen of mixtapes, Val has a playlist for all the feels.
✶ A current events and news junkie, my dream is to compete in the Jeopardy teen tournament.
✶ Energy to outrun the 30-year-old thoroughbreds, or slouch on the couch with potatoes
✶ On my quest to live to a healthy 100, I’ll be auditioning youthful 75-year-old golden girls to keep me company in the ‘home’.
✶ Making the world a better place, one school lunch at a time with Brown Bagging For Calgary’s Kids.
✶ Classics like Little Women, To Kill A Mockingbird, and The Thornbirds aroused my lifelong affair with reading and writing.
✶ This gal’s a no drama llama.
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