IMPORTANT UPDATE
As of April 2024, my blog has moved over to Substack where I’m co-hosting A Tender Space (together with my business partner at Centre for Holding Space). You can find my new writing plus podcast episodes there, or sign up below to get them in your inbox.
Here’s some of my earlier writing…
Another Mother’s Day post
In some of my favourite moments today, I got to watch my children pour their hearts into some of their favourite pastimes.Like playing soccer...planting a garden with Pépère (using his back-saving contraption)...and...
Mother’s Day
Forget Hallmark greeting cards, forget roses or expensive chocolates, forget all those things the marketers tell you you HAVE to buy for your mother. Just give me three big smiles, a lovingly prepared breakfast in bed (that is eagerly shared), three hand-made cards, a...
Just a simple mistake
A few weeks ago, a three year old child was killed in the town where Marcel grew up. In a freak accident, she was run over by her own mother. While her mom was in the store, the little girl crawled out of her car seat and climbed out of the car. Her mom got back in...
Today I am thankful for…
- the colour green- rowboats on the river- my lovely Trek bicycle, and the way it rode so smoothly this morning with the freshly pumped-up tires - Maddie’s tag-along bike, and the way she bounces happily along behind me when we ride to soccer games together- a shower...
Pictures to go with the last post
To the right... Straight ahead... To the left...
The view from my front door
Vicki, in all her beloved nosiness, wants us to post pictures of our front doors. I’ll try to do that later, if I get there before dark after Nikki’s soccer practice, but in the meantime, I thought I’d paint a little word picture… I stand on the doorstep on the...
It says Fumbling for WORDS, you idiot!
To the hormonal teenager who found my blog by googling fumbling her boobs, step AWAY from the computer, go find a soccer ball to kick around the backyard with your friends, and get a REAL life! You won't find the naughty pictures you're looking for on THIS site!The...
Not much to see here
10 reasons why you may not see much of me this month:1. Not much time to blog when soccer takes over your life.2. Blogging and reading blogs takes up more of my time than I want it to. I feel the need to cut back. It's all about balance.3. I'm "fasting" from the...
At least my fridge is clean
I may not have vacuumed the carpet for far too longThere may be a quarter inch layer of dust on every surface in my houseAnd I may not have gotten the back yard rakedBut at least my fridge is clean.There may be dried toothpaste on my bathroom counterThe ring around my...
More questions
(The last one was just a warm-up - this is the real thing.)We're starting a new campaign at work, and it's primarily centred around the idea of fasting. We want to invite people to engage in the work of ending hunger by considering different kinds of fasts. This quote...
Shawnigan Lake, B.C.
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