My last all-inclusive
Posted on Jun 17, 2025
There comes a point in time when all-inclusives feel a little...rinse and repeat. Don’t get me wrong, there is absolutely a time and place for the all-inclusive and they remain dear to my heart, but eventually it happens.
For us, that happened when our youngest was 7. We were in Cozumel and the kids started pushing back on the kids’ club, and we rea...
Stuck in the Middle: How Being Caught in the Sandwich Generation Made Me a Better Realtor, Mother, and Person
Posted on Apr 28, 2025
When my mom was diagnosed with early-onset dementia, it threw my world completely off balance. My kids were just 4 and 6 when we first started noticing the changes in my mom. Her memory would slip in small ways at first — little things that were easy to explain away — but deep down, we knew something wasn’t right.
At the time, I had just wrapped up...
Lessons from Loss: What We Wish We Knew About Estate Planning
Posted on Mar 25, 2025
Recently my father passed away and what my sisters and I faced during our time of mourning made me realize that even with the best of intentions of estate planning, more often than not it falls short. Some days it seems non-existent.
I wrote this to-do list for my friends to give to their parents and thought I would share it here with the hopes that...
Our perfect first home but not our forever homeWhy I moved from Long Branch to Clarkson
Posted on Feb 13, 2025
10 years had passed while living in Long Branch and as my kids started to age, I realized I wanted a bit more.
I grew up in the 80’s in a neighbourhood that offered leafy streets, familiar neighbours and a highstreet where I could buy candy a safe 15 minute walk from home. Having owned for 10 years, we had a fair amount of equity locked up in our fi...