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Published in More Magazine in July 2010.
He was born a girl by the name of Melissa, but it was a name that never fit. And all his life, more than anything, Mel, as he now calls himself, has wanted to fit.
Published in The United Church Observer in June 2010.
Be happy with less instead of always clamouring for more. Here are some ways to do just that.
Published in More Magazine in April 2010.
It happens more often than you think - offensive remarks, sexual advances - and older women are just as at risk.
Published in More Magazine in April 2010.
Before you dismiss the idea of open marriage as aberrant, consider that it's on the rise, especially among couples of a certain age.
Published in Homemakers in April 2010.
Anne Bokma, who grew up without a father, looks at how the experience shapes women, and how fatherless daughters can heal.
From rugged cross to flaming chalice
Published in United Church Observer in March 2010.
Many former United Church members drift toward Unitarian Universalism. So what’s the attraction?
Published in More Magazine in January 2010.
What happens when jealousy becomes pathology.
How to Win Her (And Her Loyalty)
Published in Drugstore Canada in August 2009.
When it comes to courting female shoppers, drugstores are stepping up their strategic offerings to woo women through their doors.
Published in Homemakers in May 2009.
At 42, Anne Bokma felt lost in a spiritual wilderness. Then her search for inspiration led her to a local church, and ultimately to 'a very unreasonable notion': faith.
Published in Today's Parent in January 2009.
How favouritism affects families.
Published in More Magazine in January 2009.
Legions of middle-aged women still secretly suffer the emotional scars of childhood girl-on-girl torture.
Published in Homemakers in October 2007.
Here are the answers to all those questions you never thought to ask, are too embarrassed to ask or never knew whom to ask.
Published in Canadian Living in October 2007.
To discover your child has been abducted is every parent's worst nightmare. Here's how one woman did everything imaginable, including flying to Korea, to get her little boy back.
Published in Today's Parent in April 2005.
Lots of kids need a home. Here's what it really takes to give them one.
Published in Homemakers in April 2004.
When it comes to aging gracefully, a woman wants her family to read between the lines.