Dreaming of More

I think it would be foolish of me to assume that my dreams are significant enough to be interesting to most people.  But suffice it to say, I have an image in my mind of the person I want to be, and I keep working towards becoming that person.  Sometimes...

Until the Sun Comes out Again

It is interesting to me how a single event can change how we look at our world.  Sometimes one small change can overshadow all the good that is in our lives… if we allow it. I am not a person who adjusts easily to change.  I get attached… to people, to...

Dusk Falls

There are certain times of day that I find magical.  Dusk is one of those moments.  When the sun has gone down beyond the horizon and everything becomes still and quiet.  The busyness of the world has faded and we settle in towards a time of rest.  Some nights I sit...

Live a Courageous Life

As I pondered the New Year and all the resolutions I had yet to make, and all the resolutions I had made in the past and eventually broken, I realised that I needed a new type of goal.  Something less specific but more meaningful.  This year I decided to throw all...

Early Morning Snowfall

Having lived so many years in Alberta, winter seems incomplete to me without a little snow.  So, like a child, I eagerly await the first snowfall of the season.  I can feel the silence even before I see the snow, and I rush to the window in the morning to discover a...

The Christmas Story

When my children were little, we had an advent calendar.  Like most advent calendars, you could hide treats in the pockets – one for each day in the month of December.  However, our advent calendar was a little different than most.  In the pockets I also hid little...