Martha Mihaly

I am travelling down an unfamiliar road these days, it’s not on any GPS that I know of.  It’s the trip to the end of life.  I am travelling this road beside my friend Heather.  I am in awe of her strength, her resolve and her grace.  I won’t even try to describe how brave she is, and how easy it is to travel the road with her because of it.

I admire how she is trying to make every living day a memory for her family and friends.  I love that she went to Italy for her 25th anniversary with her husband and closest life friends even as she is dependent on a feeding tube and can no longer speak.  I love that she spends as much time with her children doing things and creating memories as she can. I especially love that everyone wants to do all of this with her.

We all travel this road at some point in our lives, it’s just that most of us aren’t consciously aware of how few miles we have left on the road.  At the end of the road all that anyone has left of us is the memories and material things that we leave behind.  The material goods soon wear out.  It’s the memories that stay with us, and keep our loved ones alive.

Thank you to my friend Heather for reminding me of all this every time I see you.

Let’s drag the old boys network into the year 2009. Let’s breathe some life into the Canadian political process. The Green Party deserves the right to present their opinions to the Canadian People in the Leaders’ Debate. If it’s too hot in the kitchen Steve, then get out.

It is absolutely unacceptable that a political party with a sitting member is not allowed to debate with the other party leaders. It is shameful that rather than allow reasoned opposition on the National stage, the CRAP party, the Bloq (who don’t even run candidates in the majority of the country and advocate leaving it) and the NDP would rather not debate than allow someone new to present ideas.

You wonder why people are disenchanted with the system. Wake up and smell the coffee.