Alex Newman is a Toronto writer and editor, and has published in Toronto daily papers and several national consumer magazines over the past three decades. Now with children launched -- and only the aging cat and a pup at home -- she has the time to pursue personal essay and memoir writing. Foster mom to feral cat mamas. Closet playwright. Socially conscious Christian. Wannabe gardener. Avid cyclist and kayaker. Trying to keep her sense of humour in challenging times.