In a powerful personal essay, Anthony Morgan reflects on his visceral reaction to Eric Garner's last words "I can't breathe" and says that being Black in Canada can feel suffocating.

Max Israelite wrote his own eulogy before he died. His son was grateful to bring his dad to life by reading it at the funeral.

When Luke Allnutt found out his father John had just months to live, he desperately tried to have that profound final conversation you see in the movies with his dad. But it never happened.

In a powerful personal essay, Anthony Morgan reflects on his visceral reaction to Eric Garner's last words "I can't breathe" and says that being Black in Canada can feel suffocating.

Keep it short, contain your emotions and don't make it all about you, says ghostwriter Wendy Dennis.

Max Israelite wrote his own eulogy before he died. His son was grateful to bring his dad to life by reading it at the funeral.

Keep it short, contain your emotions and don't make it all about you, says ghostwriter Wendy Dennis.

When Luke Allnutt found out his father John had just months to live, he desperately tried to have that profound final conversation you see in the movies with his dad. But it never happened.

Shirley Berry and her husband used live in a luxurious Toronto condo, dined out often, and had two cars and a sailboat to their names. But after they made some poor financial decisions and illness struck her husband, Shirley found herself sleeping on a sofa bed in her son's bachelor apartment and in rooming houses. She tells Piya how homelessness was hidden even to herself, and how the experience changed her view of people without secure housing.

As a teenager, Share Ryan says her parents deprived her of an education, and she suffered abuse by her father. So at 17, she left home and ended up living on the streets of Ottawa. But she continued to go to high school, graduating with honours, and eventually went on to university. Share tells Piya how she managed to thrive while homeless, and why she kept that part of her past hidden from others for a long time -- including her own husband.