“Whatever you do, do it well”. Abraham Lincoln.
Ever have one of those days where you just feel like a failure? The smallest things that go wrong seem like huge catastrophic disasters? Where you just think that if you had someone elses life, things would be so much easier or better? No? Me neither. However, [...]

Sitting here in my car while my husband weaves in and out of the insane Montreal non rush hour rush hour traffic and having recently heard a friend’s thoughts on moving from a bigger city to a small town, I find I’m inspired to express my thoughts on this matter here.
While I grew up in [...]

I was watching TV tonight and a picture of the Northern Lights came on the screen. This triggered memories of my experience of seeing them personally. The most spectacular sight I believe I will ever see, colourful, and vibrant to illumination. Like colourful folding ribbon in the sky.
Experiences, flavours, sights, all the firsts and lasts [...]

“No aspect of our mental life is more important to the quality and meaning of our existence than emotions.”  (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Emotion, always lying in wait leaving us as unsuspecting by-standards. Whether it be love at first sight, devastating sadness or any one of the countless emotions in between. It’s a love hate relationship [...]

I am a huge fan of homemade things…things that don’t necessarily take skill as much as time, patience, and thoughtfulness. I can appreciate that people love getting something new and shiny, something electronic or just something new to wear from their favourite clothing store. But the appreciation for something homemade seems highly overlooked. I wonder if it’s more the lack of desire to make that extra effort these days or is it that people are afraid of the reaction of that loved one if they…

Tis the season for giving, joy, and happy merriment. I love the idea of this season. Sharing warm drinks with cinnamon sticks, presents with friends and family and kisses under the mistletoe.
 I convince myself every year that this will be the year that I properly navigate my family through all of the Christmas chaos, the [...]

A funny thing clarity, just when your convinced you have it, you realize those glasses of life you’ve been wearing are all fogged up again.
Someone from my past who has had a large impact in my life once told me, that people are never happy with happy people.  I mean truly happy people, the ones [...]

Fast approaching the Christmas holidays, I find myself getting more and more excited for Boxing day.  In my family this is the day extended family get together in one place and celebrate the joyous season together.  Generously hosted by my aunt every year, home decorated with simple elegance and a buffet prepared to satisfy old [...]

Grace is the help you receive when you have no bright ideas left, when you are empty and desperate and have discovered that your best thinking and most charming charm have failed you.
A simple Drive in my car today made me reflect on grace. I hit one of those unexpected sudden rises in the pavement [...]

Sitting in front of the Christmas tree, curled up in a blanket, listening to a Christmas CD, I for the first time in a long time feel like at this very moment, life is perfect. Ok, well almost perfect. Right here, right
now, everything is right…