Wilma Christine Guzman grew up in the country in Ancaster, Ontario. The daughter of Dutch immigrants, she is married to a Mexican-Canadian, has three children and lives in Toronto. Her poems encompass her own life experiences as well as people from historical, literary, cinematic and current times. She worked in Recreation Management in long term care for twenty-four years. Her travels in life include going to the west and east coast of Canada, taking cycling, canoe and horseback riding trips and traveled to the Netherlands, Brazil, Mexico and in the USA. These poems express a range of emotions from anger, joy, sadness and show appreciation for the variety of ways people in all walks have lived their lives with courage.