First of all I have to say that I love having a part-time job outside my house. I also love working on my YA fiction series and my goal is by September to have all three of my books in both ebook and paperback format. But keeping things is perspective is a challenge for me […]

Mexico. Caribbean coast. Fall 2016. Booked! 10 days to reconnect with my darling husband and show our children some more of the world. Now we have five months to anticipate this great adventure, almost the best part if you ask me.

This is what I know about running in my life: I love to overdo things, that being said I did 5km run after not running for several months and finished in about 40 minutes my legs are sore today but in the best way I need to goal to train for and mine is the Terry […]

my one-on-one French class where I feel challenged in a friendly way my children getting to participate in a beach camp with their friends starting the edits for the paperback version of my second book from my proofreader the roses coming back in my garden for my community and sense of belonging for towels to […]

via lundi 4 juillet #2 — Mon œil !

“Sometimes when things are falling apart, they may actually be falling into place.” Unknown Often life is difficult, everything seems to be wrong and bad, nothing right. We ask ourselves why is this happening to me? How could I have prevented this awful thing? There is nothing I can do! Our attitude is completely negative […]

pink lilies starting to open in the garden my part time job at our local newspaper as a reporter getting to talk to all kinds of people about things close to their hearts a kind and generous husband healthy, bright and giggly children early july – we have so much summer left

I had an irresistible offer. We moved to our island about 10 years ago, and in the course of those years I have occasionally run into my Creative Writing teacher from Grade 12. He moved here, like us, wanting island life and all it offers. So when I started writing at the local newspaper, he got […]

So I have a bit of a weakness for baking, especially for French recipes by Julia Child. I’m a bit of a midnight snacker, so actually making the recipes would put me at risk for eating the whole recipe myself. But I LOVE LOVE LOVE to read recipes and imagine myself making something delightful. I’m […]

You can’t live without writing in some shape or form. You love learning languages, even if you feel like you’ll never be fluent. You love to travel and explore the world and plan where you might go next. If you struggle to find a balance between time for yourself and time for your kids and […]