This exhibition shows 20 reproductions from my illustrated novel, I MISS MY MOMMY, an award-winning book that tracks how grieving adults look and act. Just so you know, the Five Stages of Grief doesn’t even begin to cover it.
Book on Grief is an Exhibit at the TPL
Originally published in April 2026 in Blog
Deer Park Art Exhibit
Originally published in March 2026 in Blog
Hi, I’m Miss Jones, your first grade teacher. I’m spending my Sunday cutting out wall letters and flowers for my home room library corner. Okay, I haven’t switched careers! Actually, I’m creating these wall letters for a corner of the Deer Park Branch of the Toronto Public Library. For the month of April, Deer Park […]
Inking Your Grief
Originally published in May 2025 in Blog, Books on Grief, Grief
Grief and the Truth About Life
Originally published in April 2025 in Blog, Grief
Social media is mostly broken. But there are sporadic green shoots pushing through the muck that show human progress is possible and necessary. One of those shoots is our return to acknowledging grief in public. I’m talking about the hand-in-hand social media meme that announces the passing of a parent, spouse, friend or pet. (I’ve […]
Comfort on Mother’s Day
Originally published in April 2025 in Blog
Saskatchewan Librairies
Originally published in April 2025 in Blog, Books on Grief, Grief, Pen Jar Productions
Do you have a rapacious view of success? This story will slow you down. I MISS MY MOMMY is now available in libraries across the province of Saskatchewan through Saskatchewan.Overdrive.com Since January, I’ve been rising with the sun and pitching one collections librarian at a time to carry my book. Yes, I have a map […]
What Readers Are Saying
Originally published in November 2024 in Blog


















