Jane Holden

A mum with interests in writing, acting, theatre, the environment, animal rights, human rights, mental health and healthcare.

[Jane Holden @QuestingJane]

@Kidsdoc1Rick I agree. Most of the young women I work with either smoke or vape. I don’t get it.

[Jane Holden @QuestingJane]

@Kidsdoc1Rick Thank you for speaking up!

[Iris Gorfinkel, M.D. @DrGorfinkel]

🎂 Happy 90th birthday,
David Suzuki.

You’ve been a BIG inspiration to me & millions of others

…a Canadian treasure

🇨🇦💜🇨🇦

Interview airs next Friday April 27 on ⁦⁦@TheMorningShow⁩

[Jane Holden @QuestingJane]

@Kidsdoc1Rick @theatreaquarius Nice!!

[Jane Holden @QuestingJane]

@Canada I never do this, not even for Robert Redford my favourite actor since I was 12. Catherine O’Hara and SCTV were the reason I took improv classes. Thank you for the laughter and for your heart. You will be remembered. Rest in peace.

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

"My name's Raymond. I'm 73. I work the parking lot at St. Joseph's Hospital. Minimum wage, orange vest, a whistle I barely use. Most people don't even look at me. I'm just the old man waving cars into spaces.
But I see everything.

Like the black sedan that circled the lot every morning at 6 a.m. for three weeks. Young man driving, grandmother in the passenger seat. Chemotherapy, I figured. He'd drop her at the entrance, then spend 20 minutes hunting for parking, missing her appointments.

One morning, I stopped him. "What time tomorrow?"
"6:15," he said, confused.
"Space A-7 will be empty. I'll save it."
He blinked. "You... you can do that?"
"I can now," I said.

Next morning, I stood in A-7, holding my ground as cars circled angrily. When his sedan pulled up, I moved. He rolled down his window, speechless. "Why?"
"Because she needs you in there with her," I said. "Not out here stressing."
He cried. Right there in the parking lot.

Word spread quietly. A father with a sick baby asked if I could help. A woman visiting her dying husband. I started arriving at 5 a.m., notebook in hand, tracking who needed what. Saved spots became sacred. People stopped honking. They waited. Because they knew someone else was fighting something bigger than traffic.
But here's what changed everything, A businessman in a Mercedes screamed at me one morning. "I'm not sick! I need that spot for a meeting!"

"Then walk," I said calmly. "That space is for someone whose hands are shaking too hard to grip a steering wheel."

He sped off, furious. But a woman behind him got out of her car and hugged me. "My son has leukemia," she sobbed. "Thank you for seeing us."

The hospital tried to stop me. "Liability issues," they said. But then families started writing letters. Dozens. "Raymond made the worst days bearable." "He gave us one less thing to break over."

Last month, they made it official. "Reserved Parking for Families in Crisis." Ten spots, marked with blue signs. And they asked me to manage it.

But the best part? A man I'd helped two years ago, his mother survived, came back. He's a carpenter. Built a small wooden box, mounted it by the reserved spaces. Inside? Prayer cards, tissues, breath mints, and a note,

"Take what you need. You're not alone. -Raymond & Friends"
People leave things now. Granola bars. Phone chargers. Yesterday, someone left a hand-knitted blanket.
I'm 73. I direct traffic in a hospital parking lot. But I've learned this: Healing doesn't just happen in operating rooms. Sometimes it starts in a parking space. When someone says, "I see your crisis. Let me carry this one small piece."

So pay attention. At the grocery checkout, the coffee line, wherever you are. Someone's drowning in the little things while fighting the big ones.

Hold a door. Save a spot. Carry the weight no one else sees.
It's not glamorous. But it's everything."

Let this story reach more hearts....

Credit: Mary Nelson

[Indigenous @AmericanIndian8]

#INDIGENOUS #TAIRP

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

The murder of Charlie Kirk is part of a disturbing rise in political violence that threatens to hollow out our public life.

A free society relies on the premise that people can speak out without fear or humiliation.

No more political violence.

[Jane Holden @QuestingJane]

@Kidsdoc1Rick Wow, hard to believe it’s been 7 years! I still remember those first photos when you brought Winston home. Happy Birthday, and thank you! I know the joy our “best friends” bring to us can never be matched.

[Jane Holden @QuestingJane]

@Kidsdoc1Rick He’s a bully. I love my country and I’m a very proud Canadian. I also hope that as a Canadian, we also stand with any other country he intimidates.

[Jane Holden @QuestingJane]

@Kidsdoc1Rick Oh I love that! What a wonderful doctor you are!

[Jane Holden @QuestingJane]

@Kidsdoc1Rick @MaryFernando_ Don’t have a dumpling press, planned to make them by hand. Purchased a beautiful bamboo steamer basket though. Many wonderful recipes online. Can’t wait to try them out. Mine will be vegan of course. Let us know what recipe you try, and whether the press was worth it.

[Olivia Chow @oliviachow]

I've been paddling since I was 16, I love getting out on the water.

I can't imagine the city without public access to the lake, and I won't accept a future without it.

As your mayor, I'll stand up for Ontario Place.

https://t.co/kUxOvCJYgD

[Monica de Vera (she/her) @monicakdv]

Olivia Chow's campaign has given me hope despite being disillusioned by electoral politics for a while. I'll be at her rally tomorrow at 888 Yonge St. at 6:30pm. Lmk if you're going to be there too! RSVP here: https://t.co/qIJlNp6YbZ

[RJ MacDonald MD 🚴‍♂️🏄🏻🎾 @Kidsdoc1Rick]

Stickers from one of my awesome moms.
Making kids with special needs feel seen. The children love them. Available on Etsy.

[Jane Holden @QuestingJane]

@thegardengears Nice, promoting cruelty to animals. If, I were American, you would not get my business. Where I live we find ways to feed and enjoy birds, squirrels and chipmunks.

[Olivia Chow @oliviachow]

Really moved by the turnout at today's Consultation on the Ontario Place Redevelopment. People want to keep it public and free, not turn it into a private spa. Make your voice heard at the meeting on Tues. @ONPlace4All #TOpoli #ONpoli #SaveOntarioPlace https://t.co/Wgt8LlF79j

[Jane Holden @QuestingJane]

@realsarahpolley Brilliant!

[Ontario Nurses' Association @ontarionurses]

ONA along with 4 other healthcare unions are calling on @fordnation to halt his plan for private, for-profit surgical clinics: a risky venture that will cost Ontarians dearly and damage access to public care.

Read more: https://t.co/WehAt8050m #ONpoli

[Andrew Woods, DO, MBA @TheAndrewWoods]

I cried for the first time at work. I have an elderly male that had a stroke that caused a fall and broken femur. On day 1 he told me he cared for his ill wife at home and if she ever passed, he wanted to go with her. I walked into his room today and his wife is in a 1/