Barbara Godin is a graduate of Athabasca University. She writes the “”Dear Barb” and the “Women of Interest” columns. As well, Barb has written many personal interest stories and enjoys connecting with others through her writing. She has been writing for The Voice since 2003.
Dear Barb: I need some advice. I met this girl in a bar and we had a wild night of sex. Three months later she came to me and said she was pregnant. At the time I had some concerns about whether the child was really mine, but she assured me it was. We got… Read more »
Dear Barb: I don’t know if you can help me, as I’m in a bad place in my life and don’t know how to move forward. Several years ago, me and a couple of buddies went out partying and I ended up driving home. I knew I shouldn’t have been driving, but I thought if… Read more »
Dear Barb: I am the oldest in a family of three girls. We have always gotten along well and been really close. Our father passed away five years ago, and our mom stayed in the family home. She has been able to manage well until recently. She had a slip in the bathroom and injured… Read more »
Dear Barb: Christmas is over and the Christmas bills are starting to roll in. I didn’t realize I had spent so much money, even though I was trying to control my spending this year. It’s so frustrating. Although I had a great Christmas, the feeling is being spoiled by all these bills. I would like… Read more »
Dear Barb: Hi, my cousin was in a terrible accident on Christmas Eve. The person driving the other vehicle was drunk and ran into my cousin’s car. He had to be cut out of it and received numerous injuries; including having to have his foot amputated because it was so damaged and could not be… Read more »
Alexandra David-Neel was an explorer and author who studied Buddhism and other Eastern religions extensively and brought their teachings back to the Western world. In 1924 she was the first Western woman to visit Lhasa. Lhasa is the center of Tibetan Buddhism. One of the highest cities in the world, it has been the religious… Read more »
Dear Barb: I have a friend of many years, but I don’t know if I have changed or if she has changed, because lately I find her very annoying. Sometimes she is unsupportive and judgmental of everything I do. If I have a great achievement or reach a goal I’ve set myself, she is uninterested… Read more »
Dear Barb: Hi, now that the holidays are over, I want to work on my diet. It seems what is good for you one day, turns out to be not good for you after further studies. For example, the last couple of years I’ve been using coconut oil in all my cooking and recently I… Read more »
Stanley Ann Dunham was born on November 29, 1942, in Wichita, Kansas, and died November 7, 1995, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Dunham was a highly educated woman, who received a BA. MA. and PhD. She was an anthropologist, whose main interest was in women’s roles in the cottage industries in Indonesia as well as blacksmithing in… Read more »
On July 22, 2017, my sister passed away. She was only thirteen months older than me. I wrote about Marion (Mary) in a previous issue of The Voice Magazine. Mary and I spent part of our childhood together. She was my closest sibling, and I always felt we were a part of each other. I… Read more »