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My autism makes me who I am. There is nothing ‘wrong’ with me
September 19, 2024
I’m thickening around the middle. But I’ve lived long enough to be okay with that
September 18, 2024
Why is the house I couldn’t wait to leave now a fond memory?
September 17, 2024
I’ve just realized my grandkids are letting me win at games. Am I too old to play?
September 16, 2024
Losing my eye but gaining a new perspective on my life
September 15, 2024
This old elm could squish us all. It’s time to bring it down
September 12, 2024
A desk of one’s own is so important early in life
September 11, 2024
Do I carry intergenerational baggage while travelling with my parents?
September 10, 2024
It was strange to become a newlywed and a senior citizen in the same year
September 9, 2024
Using a cane made my disability more acceptable to strangers
September 8, 2024
When things go wrong at funerals, you just have to laugh
September 5, 2024
Retirement? There’s utopia and then there’s my reality
September 4, 2024
My long lost uncle became the key to embracing India on my own terms
September 3, 2024
Keep sending those first day of school photos, they take me back
September 2, 2024
My teenage boys don’t think I’m a warm and fuzzy mother, and I’m okay with that
September 1, 2024
It’s finally time to give up the cottage
August 29, 2024
Flowers never really captivated me until I saw a peony for the first time
August 28, 2024
Yes, pigeons in Italy are just as annoying as the ones at home
August 27, 2024
Building a community garden brought my neighbours together
August 26, 2024
The silent meditation retreat I attended didn’t teach me what I thought it would
August 25, 2024
I’m surprised I’ll miss taking my kids to hockey practice, just not the smell of their bags
August 22, 2024
Finding inspiration in ballet dancers’ commitment
August 21, 2024
Maybe the nautical life isn’t for me
August 20, 2024
How a trip to the park with my niece brought wonder back to my life
August 19, 2024
I resented the Fitbit my son got me until I lost it
August 18, 2024
In Canada I found hard work, but also hope
August 15, 2024
An empty bird’s nest always leaves me melancholy
August 14, 2024
In the Sahara, the sky enveloped me and the stars felt within reach
August 13, 2024
Want to live like a local? Try my sublet solution in new cities
August 12, 2024
Biking is a passion that propels me forward in life
August 11, 2024
I am obsessed with my weather app (but my husband is far worse)
August 8, 2024
Regrets with Dad? I’ve had a few
August 7, 2024
Getting lost, and finding new friends, in Florence
August 6, 2024
I had no idea how much I picked up from my father until I became a new dad
August 5, 2024
When old plumbing goes wrong, it really goes wrong
August 4, 2024
Algonquin Park is my happy place
August 1, 2024
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