Anne has always been non-compliant Anne has always been non-compliant. Since the onset of her cancer, she is just non-compliant about different things. Before being stricken with incurable glioblastoma, she was non-compliant when confronted with certain social and political norms and strictures. Now she’s non-compliant about sitting still. You see, when she stands..
Courage The English version follows the French. Un jour, au début de l’hiver 2022, alors que nous vivions à Dijon, Anne est rentrée des courses et m’a fait part de cette révélation. « As-tu remarqué que personne ne dit « au revoir » en se quittant? Ils disent plutôt « Courage ». Depuis qu’Anne..
Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in our Hearts When I was in Grade 12 at Oakridge Secondary School in 1968, a friend passed on a cassette featuring all the songs of the musical “Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Brel_is_Alive_and_Well_and_Living_in_Paris At that open and vulnerable age, I..
Teasing Anne Do you ever think about, or indulge in, teasing? There’s “good” teasing and “bad” teasing, I think, and all sorts of shades between. Bad teasing involves making fun of someone in a cruel or unkind way, often targeting their insecurities or weaknesses, and accompanies, or is a prelude to, bullying…
Tutoring French in London, Ontario, 1967 I was good in French; in fact, I was good at school, the academic part anyway. In phys ed or manual training, I was what my father kindly referred to as a dead loss. Back in the day, being an honours student was a catastrophic blow to any..
I love you all the time and I’ll love you forever La version française de ce court texte suit immédiatement la version anglaise. Just before she underwent emergency brain surgery to remove the accessible part of the cancer that had metastasized throughout her brain, Anne said these words to me and to our sons…