Welcome. My name is Glen Canning, and this is where I share my journey through trauma, grief, and healing. In 2013, my seventeen-year-old daughter, Rehtaeh, died by suicide after being sexually assaulted and humiliated.
If you’ve found your way here because you’re carrying pain of your own, I hope you’ll find something that reminds you you’re not alone. Healing doesn’t erase the past, but it can help us build a meaningful life alongside it. If my story helps you understand your own, then sharing it has been worthwhile.
I wish you peace.
Glen
Rehtaeh Anne Parsons
9 December 1995 - 7 April 2013
Recent Posts
Western Honey Bee
(Apis mellifera) Notes: The most common of the 7–12 species of honey bees worldwide. Distribution: With human assistance, the western honey bee now occupies every
Banded Longhorn Beetle
(Typocerus velutinus) Notes: Known generally as the banded longhorn or cerambycid beetle. It's a species of flower longhorn, in the family of beetles known as
Feather-legged Fly
(Trichopoda pennipes) Notes: While adults feed harmlessly on plant nectar, they also act as highly effective biological pest controls. The females lay their eggs directly
Blackjacket Wasp
(Vespula consobrina) Notes: Blackjacket wasps can easily be identified in the wild by their distinct black and white striped pattern on their abdomen and the
Punctate Masked Bee
(Hylaeus punctatus) Notes: Like other masked bees, they lack external pollen-carrying structures (scopa) on their legs or abdomen and instead carry pollen internally. At first
Naturalist Posts
Connecting with nature connects me to my humanity.
More of my nature posts are here.
