Cathrin Bradbury in front of the Willcocks Street house she once called home.

Cathrin Bradbury in front of the Willcocks Street house she once called home.

Cathrin Bradbury visits her former home on Willcocks Street.

Cathrin Bradbury visits her former home on Willcocks Street.

Cathrin Bradbury and current owner Jess with her dog Macchiato on the porch of the Willcocks Street house Cathrin Bradbury once called home. Andrew Francis Wallace/Toronto Star

The years on Willcocks Street — with kids, work, shopping, dinner — may have been what my mother called 'the best years of your life.' They weren’t the easiest years.