We only live once, but if we do it right…

When I was a little girl, all I wanted to do was become a Catholic nun.

I grew up in a military family. My Dad was a genius — my opinion — but I recall he was honored for the math competitions he entered, and yet he was a Sargeant Major in the Canadian Army. I don’t think that was his dream.

My Daddy, me, taken by my mother with her old Brownie Camera

We never had a good relationship once I hit my…