They say dreams are when our minds sort through painful emotional experiences, and by dreaming, our brains work out solutions to problems we didn’t even know we had.Several months after my dad died, I had two dreams that gave me strength during a pretty dark time.In one of those dreams, he and I had a […]
My father Henry (Hank), was born Hindrik Mulder, in the Netherlands in 1939.He immigrated to Alberta, Canada in the 1950s with his parents, sisters and brother. As a young man he was lured by and lived in the hustle and bustle of large cities like Vancouver, Edmonton and Toronto. He spent his 20s and 30s, climbing the corporate […]
Like most sayings – Time Heals All Wounds – is rooted in truth. Although my emotions are not nearly as raw as they were a year ago, the feeling today is as surreal as the day I watched my father pass away. My cousin, who experienced the devastating loss of her younger sister, was my pillar a […]