Not long ago we took our son and our Littles for a ride down to the river near our house. It’s running low and quietly this time of year but in the spring it can be a rushing torrent reminding us how powerful it can be. Last year we experienced record flooding and our little […]
Light Lessons
Best before dates – here’s when to ignore them
I’m making myself a coffee and just noticed the ‘best before’ date says June 29. It’s July 10. I smelled it. It smelled ok. I put it in my coffee. Tastes delicious. This cup’s for you Angela ❤ If it kills me, I leave you my collection of books and my good corkscrew. That was my […]
You’ll think I’m crazy, but I’m telling you anyway
I’m not quite sure what set the Anxiety Train in motion last night, but it was a doozy of a trip. I woke shortly after midnight. My eyes flew open, but I couldn’t see anything. Absolutely nothing. It was pitch black. It’s always dark in our room because the bedroom window is blacked out, sometimes […]
So you want to be a Life Coach for kids?
I will confess that I likely spend more time on Facebook than I need to. I am careful to curate my newsfeed regularly so that what I see is, for the most part, what I want to see: important or meaningful updates from the lives of my friends, inspiring and uplifting stories, and news from […]
Kijiji is just another word for trouble…
My Sweet has no use for Facebook or social media in general except to glance occasionally from the seat beside me and ask “Who is that?” It’s a bit like having someone read over your shoulder, actually it’s exactly like having someone read over your shoulder, and it drives me crazy. Sometimes I’ll tell him […]
Summer nostalgia
It is a hot day for northern BC. The mercury is supposed to stop rising at 29 degrees Celsius. That’s 84 degrees Fahrenheit for those of you south of the border. I know not everyone considers that hot, but here in the north, it’s hot. We don’t often break 30 degrees in the summer and […]
Attitude is everything!
My Sweet looked at my feet a few days ago and said, “Don’t you think you should go see a doctor about that?” “Ummm…no. No I don’t.” What I preach about going to see the doctor and what I practice are often just slightly off-track. I may be a bit stubborn about stuff like that. […]
Walking a different path…
There’s a German proverb that says, “Sweep in front of your own door and the whole world will be clean.” That’s good advice. If we worried about taking care of our own dirty doorsteps (choices, lives, children…) we wouldn’t have time to worry about anyone else’s. I had such an interesting chat the other day. […]
Lessons in control from a squirrel
Sunday morning I was sitting in my chair working on a crochet project. The house was quiet, really quiet. My Sweet is working the night shift this week and so he sleeps during the day, or at least he tries to. I’m keeping an eye on the cat because she’s been a little demanding lately, […]
Love at the end…
I thought I knew about love. I thought I knew about loss. I did. And I didn’t. What I am feeling now, experiencing now, is something I didn’t know about. This kind of love requires more than I knew I had in me to give. We are having a long goodbye. Dad is so near […]
