Much More than a Children’s Author

Our mother was a dedicated professional, Social Worker

  • She raised 3 rambunctious boys
  • She put her children into music lessons and sports and drove them to hockey practices at 6 am in the morning
  • She took care of the household and did all the cooking until her sons were mature enough and able to pitch in.
  • She was the support for her husband’s career in the competitive world of Graphic Art and Watercolor painting.
  • She organized events and showings and gallery openings and private viewings of her husband Morton’s work.

This is a brief synopsis of her career in social work:

  • The Children’s Aid Society
    • Child Care
  • Department of Indian and Northern Affairs
  • Providing counseling Services for the Inuit population living in the City of Ottawa
  • St. Mary’s Maternity Home, group work
    • Counselling unmarried mothers 1970-1974
  • Social Work Research Project published by McGill University, team researcher
  • Child Abuse Demonstration Project: International Year of the Child, Director
    • Working with families dealing with child abuse situations
  • Ottawa Civic Hospital, Social Worker

. David, Coleman, and Lawrence, proud sons