I introduced you in a previous blog, to our outside, garage cat, Kitty. Well, her story continues. As I mentioned before, every day Chuck would open the garage door and it was Kitty’s choice whether she explored the great outdoors or stayed inside just gazing out at the open space. Her decision was based solely..
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In March, my two oldest grandchildren turn sixteen. Where did that time go? For these teens, this birthday is the most important milestone they have yet encountered. It is driver’s licence time, freedom or so they think. It is a universal fact, that parents worry about their children regardless of their ages because parenthood is..
Family Day was first introduced in Alberta in 1990 when the Lieutenant Governor of that province passed the Family Day Act. Over the next two decades, other provinces, at different times, adopted the holiday with Ontario implementing it in 2008. The purpose of Family Day is for people to take a break from their busy..
Last summer we spotted this scrawny, half-starved kitten, maybe four or five months old, hunting on our property. We live in the country so there is lots of room for animals to roam but I guess eventually curiosity got the better of this cat because she started circling closer to the house. Since she was..
2022 has arrived. A yearly tradition on January 1st is for everyone to reflect upon the old year, to review the good and the not so good that has happened and then to decide on what changes are needed to improve one’s life. Resolutions, plans and promises are made. After all, the new year offers..
In my last blog, I wrote about the ways Christmas traditions have changed and evolved over the years. I will continue with that theme. Christmas Lights: This is still a tradition that starts very early in November for some. Children’s delight in Christmas lights and their fairy-like charm have not changed over the years. I..
As I sit here at the computer contemplating the upcoming Christmas season, I note how the old or should I say “my” Christmas traditions are slowly being replaced by new ones. Not a bad thing, just different and it has taking me some time to get my head around these changes. Then just when I..
Thank you to all who entered the Goodreads giveaway for my book, The Sleepover. It was so heart-warming and rewarding for me to see so many of you from all across Canada show an interest in my story. Writing “The Sleepover” gave me pleasure on so many fronts. First, I wanted everyone to know about..
As Black Friday weekend approaches, I thought I would share with you observations I have made over the years about the way most men approach Christmas shopping. Now in their defence, circumstances over the past couple of years have forced dramatic changes upon them, but the genuine lack of interest in gift hunting has always..
Family Sayings: I have often wondered how our language, the words we use in our everyday life, came into being. Why is a chair called a chair, a friend named a friend, etc.? Well, our family like everyone else’s clan, has a few exclusive words or phrases that are used only by us. This jargon..