Since my Go Team Canada! post, I’ve been toying with the idea that athletes and people dealing with chronic illness face similar challenges. The idea has been rolling around in the back of my head for a couple of months now, but didn’t really start to flesh itself out until I re-read Chris Crutcher’s Stotan! the [...]
I was still studying social work at York University when I became interested in something called Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD for short. Reading about PTSD helped me explain how I was feeling about my medical experiences, and especially my liver transplant. PTSD can develop after either a single traumatic event such as a car crash, [...]
It’s National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week in Canada. During this time of the year I feel the responsibility to share my story and encourage organ donation. Especially now that I have received a third chance at life. Some people define themselves by their job, and others by their family. As for me, I [...]
I do not know how many times in my life I’ve said I am tired. Over the years, I have come to realise the word tired is grossly inadequate to even begin to describe how I have felt and feel lately. I’ve been drowsy, to the point where I can’t keep my eyes from closing. [...]
Number Two, Part One: 21 Grams Three lives intertwine when a hit and run accident leaves three dead and one man with a new heart. 21 Grams explores this entanglement through a plot that jumps back and forth in the storyline during the entire movie. So let me boil it down for you. Jack Jordan (Benicio Del Toro) is [...]
