Though a BC wide program, Better at Home is administered locally by Sea to Sky Community Services Society. It’s anchored by volunteers such as Michelle Leblanc and Karla Hetherington.

These Squamish residents, young as well as old, have proved with their courage and resilience that cancer is not invincible.

Bev and Jens Hansen were standing in the backyard of their Second Ave home when a noxious smell came wafting in the air. Almost immediately they knew what it was—something was burning. It was a familiar smell. A few years ago, their house had caught fire and they knew the smell of something burning—noxious and suffocating.

I will sing the praises of boys to all those who are so dismayed with my Barbie-free family.

As the years went by, we created memories that will last forever in my mind and heart.

I've only been a mother for 18 months, but what an amazingly, exhausting, incredible time it has been.

The smallest voice asks, his small, sticky hands curling into mine, "Mommy, where were you? Were you out fighting roars?"

“Mommy, what is time?” my two-and-a-half year old randomly asked me. I answered it as simply as I could but it got me questioning what I really think about time.

I was leaving the grocery store on a Sunday morning. Cart overflowing with the usual suspects: toilet paper, cheese, and an assortment of items my three year old decided to add to the stash.

My best moment of motherhood that made the past 17 years of being a parent all worthwhile was when we received my son's acceptance letter to university.