Friendships that don't fit my life anymore have faded away, and new ones have come in.

I know firsthand how critical support systems are.

I am so proud to be a Canadian.

Getting on a plane is hard for me, but I do it, because travel is vital to me.

Christmas was the one time of year when my brothers surfaced at home, when my parents and grandparents congregated to eat my mother's roast turkey.

Being in the dark, there's a real weight to it. It's heavy.

I used my captors names every chance I had. It was intentional, a way of reminding them that I saw them, of pegging them, of making them see me in return.