Sports, especially girls hockey, curling and even pickleball, play a pivotal role in several poignant stories about my late son, Adam Prashaw, in Soar, Adam, Soar. In his still Rebecca Adam years, the minor seizures that appeared at the age of five dissipated by 10 when she announced she wanted to play hockey in Kanata. She loved being the keeper for the Nepean Hotspurs Soccer Club. Why was I surprised then, when after the first hockey practice, she walked out of the dressin

Write the story. Find a publisher. Have your book out there in stores and online. As easy as 1, 2, 3, no? No! There's been mountains to climb. A friend, Rita Celli, CBC Radio's Ontario Today host, is reading the manuscript. The other day, she wondered how I was able to "pull it all together", penning 75,000 words all through the loss of my son, Adam, writing in the grieving. I did do it but I am not sure how to answer her question or if there is an answer. That was the first

Earlier this year, I had the bittersweet fortune to retrieve Adam's purple laptop --- a Christmas gift of mine from a few years ago.There was a Lady Gaga password to figure out. Once in, among the photos, I spotted an extraordinary Transition Journal, a series of pictures to show his transition to Adam. This here is one of those pictures. Online, he shared an old Rebecca picture alongside Adam, top off, arms strategically in place, a bold declaration in moving forward to him

(Editor's Note: Free book contest is at end) My Sudbury/Nova Scotia friend, Colleen Humbert, learned about my book project, offering to "polish" the manuscript. She wanted to thank me for a long ago, pastoral favour that she treasured but I had forgotten. This editing was after four family beta readers encouraged me forward. What a polishing from family and especially Colleen, a former academic editor! Then, with son, Adam, inspiring us all, Colleen passed the 75,000 words to

"I knew I would write a book about my son. Just not this book..." So begins Soar, Adam, Soar. A good beginning too for this author`s first blog, the story behind the story on writing this book that Dundurn Press will publish Feb. 2, 2019. I don't remember exactly when I decided or knew for sure that I was writing a book. I suspect that my late son, Adam, my co-author, knows better than I do. What I do remember is being in my Kanata, Ottawa condo, in my office which had been