Friends, this past Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, my prairie family walked through the loss of an irreplaceable, joyful boy in a tragic, tragic accident. Hearts are absolutely shattered, and yet…we breathe, we draw close, we wake up in the morning to love the people we’ve been given to love.

This week, I watched my sister become heroic.

Women carry the sorrows of the world. Men, too, but women…women put all the pain and grief of families in a heavy handbag and sling it onto a sagging shoulder. And we keep walking.

I guess that’s why we need each other like we do, to talk and comfort and be sisters (even when we’re not related). I feel like that about so many of you, around the world, reading this now. We’re like-minded, like-hearted, and together.

I’ll be back next week with more uplifting news. But for now, a little comfort for me and mine in the shape of a poem. If you’ve ever grieved or lost someone, maybe you’ll like it, too.

Thank you for listening.

Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy your beautiful, ordinary day.

Love, Catherine x