(PREVIOUSPAGE)^ COURTESY^ OF^ KM^STUDIOPHOTOGRAPHYThis trip was starting out as many others had:
my husband, Rob, and I, together with my
immediate radio team, had landed safely in
Jamaica, been transferred smoothly to a
beautiful, lush resort and were welcomed like
VIPs. By the following night, May 10, 2015,
we’d greeted our listeners with cool towels,
cocktails and a cake that had “Happy Mother’s
Day” written on it in icing. We’d shared time at
the microphone introducing ourselves and our
staff and expressing our hopes that our guests
would join us at 6 o’clock the next morning for
the show that was being broadcast back to
Toronto. Rob and I had dinner at a teppanyaki
restaurant where the chef splattered me with
hot oil while flipping his utensils. It’s funny the
things you remember from those benign
moments before your life changes forever.
reader’s digest
92 october 2019