Memorial Gardens

Spending time remembering someone we love in nature is good for our soul.

Grief at School

When my mom died, I had to move. This meant moving to a new neighbourhood and school and saying goodbye to everything familiar, including my friends. Adjusting to so many unwelcome changes felt overwhelming. Every day I struggled not to cry in front of my new classmates. I failed most of my classroom work and […]

My Personal Journey into Middle-Grade Fiction Writing

After I accepted the shock of my mother’s unexpected death, I had to learn how to grieve, but I didn’t know how. And everywhere I turned, I saw messages saying, “Don’t dwell on the past”, which kept me from grieving my mom and instead, suppressing it, the best I could. These were all unhelpful messages […]

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