It’s Labour Day weekend. Hard to believe that the summer is over already. It went by so quickly. Instead of whining it about it being over, I should appreciate what we were able to do. Deb and I fit in a lot of things over the past few weeks. Hung out with friends. Saw shows.…
We were able to spend six days at my cousin’s cottage. And in that time, we also got to spend time with all three of our kids and their partners. What a gift. Our kids didn’t arrive or leave at the same times, but there was some cross-over. So all the siblings got to see…
When someone deliberately hurts us, it stings. Often for a long time. Sometimes it’s hard to let it go. And we nurse that hurt. Playing it over and over. So, it never heals. It just festers. The problem is that ruminating doesn’t fix the hurt. If you can’t take any action to change the situation,…
Ah, the joy of opening the fridge door and realizing that it isn’t cold inside. This was Tuesday evening. The lights came on. There was power. But no coldness. On the bright side, the freezer part is still working. So, our frozen stuff was safe. Unfortunately, we were out that evening, so this problem…
Last month I spoke about a mini vacation Deb and I took. This Sunday was another one. I had lots of work to do. Plenty of things on the “list”. But Deb had been gone all week and arrived home late Saturday evening. So, we decided to have a mini vacation day. No…
A friend at work became a parent this week. Or rather, the baby was born this week. I guess they became a parent as soon as the baby was conceived. I was thinking about the advice I would give to new parents… Pay attention! Your little person is only a little person for a short…
In another post, I wondered if I got into National Theatre School to meet Richard Pochinko. Let me amend that. Richard Pochinko’s ideas were the main thing I was supposed to LEARN at NTS. They’ve percolated in my brain for years. And I regret not looking him up in Toronto and training more with him…
Sometimes the Woo Woo doesn’t happen to you. But it happens around you. When our eldest daughter, Caileigh, was two years old, we let her know that we were expecting another child. We told her that she was going to have a brother or a sister soon. Immediately, she kept referring to the new arrival…
The old paradigm of being tough is to ignore the pain. Push through it. In Do Hard Things, Steve Magness talks about how real toughness is about listening to the pain. (Yes, I’m talking about this book again. It’s an easy read and highly recommend it!) Not listening to the pain can lead to injury…
As I was running this morning, I noticed the clouds. When was the last time you looked at clouds and saw shapes or figures in them? It had been a long time since I did that. But I took a break from my run to find some shapes today. I saw a crocodile. A person…
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