Posts By: Monica Graves

1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. That means you probably know someone or are that someone. Kim MacDonald, Canada’s well known news personality from The Weather Network was that someone.

Last weekend the weather was spectacular! We were up at the cottage and I had a lot of work to do!  September is always a busy month but it’s also the month where we can have the most beautiful weather and we know deep down inside it might be our last chance to enjoy whatever… Read more »

Back in July I received a phone call. A local woman named Meghan who just happened to find me online! Jeez, I LOVE when that happens. Meghan was inquiring about jewelry because she and her husband were starting up an online shop. She had two ideas – one was to pick up a nice jewelry… Read more »

I have to admit it.  With the colder weather coming I am starting to get a little panicky about spending quality time with friends.  Zoom parties were somewhat of a novelty back in March but now I’m kind of dreading going back to that.   It’s been so wonderful to have safe physically distanced visits with… Read more »

Is it just me or did you feel the exhaustion of all the families getting kids back to school this week? By the end of the day on Tuesday I was wiped out.  Kind of sounds ridiculous for me to say, considering I don’t have kids and my week was pretty much the same as… Read more »

Meet my beautiful friend Joanne Wright.  We’ve been friends since Grade 3.  This is a long time to know someone.  You know what it’s like with a true friend, you kind of float in an out of each other’s lives as the years pass by but somehow you always reconnect – as though your last… Read more »

Over the weekend I celebrated my 51st birthday.  I do love getting older, staying young at heart and feeling good in my own skin is so important to me. Unfortunately there are so many negative messages out there about getting older.  People put themselves down in horrible ways, saying things like

The last five months have been stressful for all of us.  For me, one of my biggest areas of stress has been keeping six feet away from my Mom and only visiting at her condo, outside on the patio.  Don’t get me wrong, I have felt so grateful for at least being able to do… Read more »

This weekend, 30 years ago, I was flying on a big ol’ jet airliner with my best friend Sally. We were coming home after three months of what  would be the best trip of our lives.  Sal was 19, I was 20 and we had embarked on our biggest adventure to date. Allow me to… Read more »

Okay, tell me something, honestly.  Do you ever wake up, get showered and ready for the day and as you are drying your back imagine that your towel is a cape?  Might sound childish but you need to try it! It’s just one of the many ways you can start your day with a Wonder… Read more »