We were on a holiday last week and I was reminded how good it feels to step out of my own corner of the world and experience different horizons. It is refreshing to get away, not only from the routine but to see places that are just different from home. We were in Los Angeles … Continue reading Expanding Horizons
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Silence
Tomorrow, we fly out in the early afternoon and land in LA by evening. Logistics of travel always make me nervous, making sure we don’t forget anything that we need or forget to do anything before we go. We will be meeting some other families there for over a week and I was telling my … Continue reading Silence
Blinders
I remember when I was a teen (I think, maybe a bit younger?), we saw – or my mom brought our attention to – a story in the newspaper about a child in one of the southern United States that somehow ended up in water that was crocodile territory. This child, having some kind of … Continue reading Blinders
Unity
Last weekend, our younger boy attended a birthday party of a friend from his spring hockey team, which he played on last year. This was 6 months after spring hockey ended and the team came together again at this boy’s house in a neighbouring town to us. A majority of the kids on this team … Continue reading Unity
Write It Down
As a kid, you know your grandparents as that ‘old’ retired grandpa or grandma. You never really consider them in their youth and imagine what they were like as a kid, teen or young adult. To me, my one grandpa was that old, jolly man that loved gadgets, and was the first person in our … Continue reading Write It Down
