Author: navigator

The doctor has just told me about my mother’s dementia diagnosis. I weep in her office and say, “You mean someday my mom won’t know who I am?” The doctor takes a deep breath…

Annabelle bravely shares her story about how she beat cancer. Annabelle comes from a family of 9 children.  Born and raised in the Philippines, she has her BA in Education and wanted to be…

Betty McKay, a former Classic LifeCare Nursing Supervisor, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008. Other than regular life stressors which caused more fatigue, she did not feel that anything was wrong until she…

A Classic employee for over 19 years, Andrea suffers liver failure at a young age. Her story is one of courage, strength and the ability of the human spirit to persevere despite enormous challenges….

My mother, Janet Sherwood, was certainly one to live in moments that matter. She founded Classic in 1974 as a nanny recruitment agency. That agency was the manifestation of the challenges she overcame in…

If you ask Howard Freeze what he did for a living, he’ll tell you he’s an artist who happened to make money in dentistry. Born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, Howard Freeze made his…