Amanda Lindhout

With awareness come responsibility and choice.

Contemplating Christmas when you are isolated and far from home brings its own unique pain.

After being in captivity for so long, I can't begin to describe how wonderful it feels to be home in Canada.

When I write that I've known about something for a long time, that's not a boast. That's a confession. It's me acknowledging that I have withheld something important from the public.

I miss L.A. because of the weather. It can change so much in Calgary. You can get a storm one minute, and then the sun will come out and it will be hot.

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.