Dear Nanny – The Gift of a Journal
I don’t remember how or when I came across it but I found the journal I asked my grandmother, my Nanny, to write in…
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Filtered Lives and Filtered Faces
Do we filter the stories of our lives like we filter our faces? Smoothing out words over wounds so the lines of hurt don’t…
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Travelling to Amsterdam
Travelling to Amsterdam has been on my radar for a long time and WestJet just started direct flights from Calgary to Amsterdam. Although travel…
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Frustrating To-Do Lists Made Easy
Do you ever procrastinate on an easy task just because you don’t know the first step to take? I have a frustrating and rather…
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The End Goal is Love
This week I have been reminded of the concept of “calling people in” as opposed to “calling people out”. It is one of my…
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Connecting With My Child Is A Daily Practice
It takes a lot to keep risking failure but it takes risking failure to succeed. I’m not talking about starting a business, falling in…
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One Day In Rome
On the way to our second annual family vacation in Sicily, I seized on the opportunity to book a one-day layover in Rome so…
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My Happy Valentine’s Day
It’s Valentine’s Day again. My 6th consecutive Valentine’s Day as a single person and probably my happiest in a long time. It’s a day…
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Disney on Ice – Dare To Dream
“It’s all girl stuff, Mom, it sounds like something Anya would like.” And so, since it was Anya’s birthday, I convinced him that we…
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Highwood Crossing Canola Cakes – Thanksgiving Dinner
Thanksgiving Dinners are typically made up of menu items we have enjoyed the same way for generations. Every now and then, though, it is…
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