by Heather Shtuka | May 31, 2021
I thought after such a long time that I would update the progress in our search for Ryan. I will start with an analogy that one of our RCMP liaisons gifted to us (of course I hope he will forgive my tendencies to expand on it but I liked his wording that I adopted it...
by Heather Shtuka | May 30, 2021
Our life is not a movie. There isn’t 10 minutes left before it’s ending and you just know that resolution has to be right around the corner. There is no musical tempo that reaches its crescendo alerting you to the knowledge that the director’s vision has come to a...
by Heather Shtuka | May 28, 2021
After 3 years, one of the most painful truths is how I’ve learned to manage my expectations. The last time we had an official organized search was May 2018. I thought the snow had melted and with so many volunteers, Ryan surely would be found. For two days, I prayed...
by Heather Shtuka | May 18, 2021
There is the one cataclysmic event that has forever changed our life. Not of our own creation and despite the loss we feel, we reject pity for pity’s sake. We love so deeply that surely our grief is warranted but the true event happened to Ryan. However, it is the...
by Heather Shtuka | May 15, 2021
New hair .. who dis? So I’m am admittedly older than I was last year. Let’s not dwell on that. But part of the process is gradually letting my hair come to its new natural state. My unpigmented hair has decided to grace me and come in kinda white blonde. I’m not mad!...
by Heather Shtuka | May 11, 2021
I love this. We are all of mix of imperfections which makes us uniquely perfect. Never forget your value or all the wild parts that you consist of. That is the true tragedy; to allow yourself to lose what is yours to possess either through your own inaction or by the...
