I've been doing this a year, this blog, one year. And faithfully I have posted my writing each week on Mondays. I have committed to this and done this through vacations, sickness, work and other stressors or time stealers. I like that I committed to...
I’m a StepMom. Or S’Mom as my girls call me and in the almost six years we have been a family they have both taught me and challenged me, in very good ways. Piper is our 12 year old and she just spent about 10...
I watched a bit of the FIFA Men’s World Cup and I did watch most of the final yesterday. I wasn’t aligned with anyone team but traditionally cheer for the underdog so I would not have been sad if Argentina won. What I thought about...
There is a bunch of stuff that happens to get results, stuff we don't necessarily see and in our narcissistic outlook we don't even consider. Take our recent flood situation here in my home town of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. Our river swelled over 12 feet in less than seven days. ...
The truth is somewhere in the middle. It’s always somewhere in the middle of any mess we find. It’s like the saying, ‘two sides to every story’, except the truth is usually somewhere in the middle of those two sides because our interpretation is always based...
Indecision is frustrating. Throughout my career I have worked with people in power positions afraid to make a decision. They literally become paralyzed with an inability to determine the right course of action. If you are in a position that has any kind of power...
I was thinking about rearing children the other day and today Canada AM had a Parent Panel discussing underage drinking in terms of what is permissible. I agreed with the police officer on the panel who said that how will kids know which laws they...
I was listening to a podcast this week, a podcast by Joyce Meyer and she was talking about humility. I’ve had a sticky note on my desk for months now that reads ‘humility before honour’ and I’ve been trying to frame it properly so that...
Do you remember when you started to figure out consequences? You know, like when you started to figure out it will hurt if I do that, or I will fall if I do that or she will yell if I do that? Everything has a...
There is something to be said for perseverance. For the ‘stick to it ness’, not giving up or in. No matter how hard it is or how long it’s hard, you just don’t give up. I have many examples of this in my life. I...