by Linda Stuart | Jul 4, 2016 | Ritual Moments
Not much distracts me from my novel when I’m on the beach in Grand Cayman, but I often find myself enchanted with Betty and Doug and their romantic sunset ritual. Apparently, my husband David does too. “Is that what “Happily Ever After” looks like?” he...
by Linda Stuart | Feb 10, 2016 | Funerals, Death, and Dying
With sleep-filled eyes and a shaky voice, her small index finger extended in my direction. “I…don’t…like…you,” she announced. Apparently, my plan to win her over with a green stretchy bracelet had failed miserably. Attempting to veil my...
by Linda Stuart | Jan 24, 2016 | Weddings
Our 10th Wedding Anniversary was swiftly approaching. And while this self-proclaimed girlie-girl will always welcome bright and shiny anniversary gifts, that year I also hoped for something warm and fuzzy to carry us through the next chapter of our love story....
by Linda Stuart | Jan 4, 2016 | Funerals, Death, and Dying
“Mom, you’re SO weird,” my youngest son announced when he heard of my plans to organize and host Toronto’s first Death Café. At the time he was 20 and stared at me with big eyes and disbelief as if he pictured me dressed goth-style with ultra-pale skin and black...