My sister and brother ended up moving down to Brampton, Ontario. They really enjoyed living there, and I remember visiting them alot. Eventually, my sister Barb wrote me a letter and told me that I needed to move on with my life. Parry Sound had nothing to offer me, and if I moved down to …
Things were going well in my new place, in my new city, in my new job. I had been in Brampton for about 3 months when my brother and his friend and my sisters boyfriend were heading out to a bar for a night out and asked if I wanted to join them. Why not? …
That fateful night at the bar, I ended up talking to a really nice guy and we talked and danced all night. He asked for my number. I gave him mine and he gave me his. I waited for his call and it never came. I decided after about a week, that I was going …
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As I settled into my new life, I found time long. And lonely. After we married, our honeymoon was one night in a hotel in Toronto, and then my husband left for a six week course for work. My brother and sisters tried to pop by to spend time with me, but they had their …
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When my youngest was 2 in 1991, my husband wanted a divorce. Once again, my life turned upside down. I moved to a little house on the edge of Deep Bay in Carling Ontario. Me and my two little girls. Life proved to be very difficult in all aspects, but I was with my family …
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4 years later, after so many challenges and struggles, I became a licensed hair stylist. Then I was promoted to the manager of my sister´s salon. I had developed a good clientele and was happy. I felt confident and secure. My family was all around me, my little girls were happy and I was feeling …
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I was very excited to be in Southern Ontario. I had purchased a book in Kirkland Lake a few months before we left – just a spiral notebook, the kind you´d buy for school. I had written my plan out in this book – same as the last time – 5 years ago , full …
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That September of 2001, I started taking a broadcasting course in Toronto at the National Institute of Broadcasting. Every Sunday, I went down to the little station on the upper floor on Yonge Street. This was how I was going to get comfortable in public again. By taking this course. It was alot of fun. …
Things were coming together. I enjoyed my time at the theatre. I liked the people – we felt like a little creative family. It was a tremendous investment of time, especially since I was volunteering my time and talent, but I always laughed there. The reward was going to be the accomplishment. And the producer …
Finished my three song demo in Barrie. Now to get it out there. I´m looking in my journal. I have diaries that date back to when I was 20. I have a box full of them. To be able to write my story, I am relying on my memory and using the entries in my …