Sandra Davies is a retired palliative care nurse who grew up in Toronto and has been writing poetry since childhood. She graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Science in nursing, and for the next forty years she practised nursing in Toronto, India (Madya Pradesh), and Kingston, her home since 1989. Since retiring she has participated in creative writing workshops and had poems published in The New Quarterly, CV2, and A Kingston Poet’s Gallery. She has two adult sons and four beloved grandchildren.