Dear Mother-In-Law
After my son's dental surgery, his girlfriend and I fussed over him, quietly competing for who loves him most. Mother-in-law clashes are customary, but for the first time I walked…
The Gift Of Time ~ Brown Bagging For Calgary’s Kids ❤
We’re sitting in the entrance hallway of the BB4CK kitchen after Val and Lisa have returned from their route delivering lunches. They’re both dressed in blue and match the Loud Art…
The Reasons We All Cry In The Shower
Written and photo by: Brittany Latham For the woman whose husband makes an "extra stop" after work every evening. For the woman who is mourning the loss of a pregnancy…
Hello Catty
I’m sorry I called you a gap-toothed bitch. It’s not your fault you’re gap-toothed… We recently spent a week in the desert with eight wild and wacky women. Days later,…
Where Is The Love
A terrible tragedy is happening. After seven school shootings this year alone, we’re getting desensitized. We weep, offer obligatory thoughts and prayers, but the mind-numbing shock is gone. A defense…
Teenagers Are Humans Too
The moment your kid is tall enough to look you square in the eye, is the minute you stop seeing eye to eye. Mirror, mirror on the wall, I've become…
When You’re Married A Billion Years, And Still Dancing
On Sep. 23, Val & Ken celebrate 22 years of wedded bliss (oxymoron). We’ve loved and hated. Fought and made up. Created life and mourned death. He’s seen the ice-queen…
Good Grief! Surviving The Loss of a Parent
On March 2, 2015 [two years ago today] Dad departed this life for the eternal country club in the sky. We trust it’s divine, because members move heaven and earth…
Why Are Women So Hard On Ourselves?
Sometimes I swear like a MF trucker. No surprise there, but I’m caught off-guard when it’s directed at me. I call myself an idiot when I’m absent-minded. I’m a cow…
