Why is my blog in English, when my mother tongue is Portuguese? After 21+ years in Canada, 14 of those alone with an English-speaking son, and working in English, it just comes more naturally to convey thoughts in my second language. No, I didn’t forget Portuguese, but I do know certain things better in English,…

I spent 12 days in North Vancouver in June, visiting a friend, working, and spending time with my 19-year-old son. He lives and studies at British Columbia Institute of Technology, where he is learning to be a machinist. He adores it. I adore seeing him adoring it. The week I was planning to go, he…

Only a little over a month had passed, and Bruce is doing so much better — yesterday he walked a kilometer at his own pace. If that’s not a victory, I don’t know what is. It’s been just over two months since the accident that changed everything. He doesn’t need physiotherapy anymore. He can walk…