life

  • Friend Stages

    While sorting through some old birthday and special occasion cards I had held onto forever, I came across a little note from my friend Leslie. She worked with me at my first job, back in college when I was a teller at a Credit Union in Victoria. Leslie and I…

  • Ethel

    My grandma Ethel. If you read the blog ‘chocolate rose’ this is her, and she is the one who shared her piano with us. Recently with Remembrance day, my mom posted this foto of her. She was a nurse, and was excited to be posted ‘overseas’ during the war. But…

  • Working Out

    Changes at my work were announced to us a while ago, but I like to let time pass and emotions process before I share my thoughts on things that affect me as this has. As you know, I work at a Credit Union. Gradually, more and more things have become…

  • Working Out

    Changes at my work were announced to us a while ago, but I like to let time pass and emotions process before I share my thoughts on things that affect me as this has. As you know, I work at a Credit Union. Gradually, more and more things have become digital with banking. People can […]

  • Music Lessons

    When my grandparents moved from their home on Beach Drive, to a Condo on Oak Bay Ave, my grandma no longer wanted to play her piano. She was a quiet person and worried that her piano would be too loud in a condo. She couldn’t bring herself to play for…