I held my first Travelling Sisterhood Meeting Group meeting last week. One of my sweet friends brought me flowers : and and wrote this note on the packaging: It seriously made me teary. You see last year, I had shared … Continue reading
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In about 6 weeks time we are off on another adventure. This time with just Zach and Zandra, as it’s their “15 trip”. Years ago we decided we would take each child to Europe when they turned 16. That changed … Continue reading
Nighttimes are changing around here. I remember the sleepless nights when I was up multiple times in the night. I remember nursing Zach and staring out the window at all the city lights and wondering what my boy would be … Continue reading
Life has been a little crazy around here, but I wanted to get things back on track with our quote of the week. We have had such an outpouring of support for my sister Sarah and her situation and I … Continue reading
Every year during the week leading up to Easter (Holy Week) I have such good intentions to really focus on Holy Week. But every year, I feel like we run out of time and maybe rush through Easter a little … Continue reading
A few months back I was re-reading a talk that was given back in Oct 2011 at one of our Church’s semi annual conferences, by Dieter F. Uchtdorf. It was called “Forget Me Not” — and is an amazing read, … Continue reading
It dawned on me this past weekend that we are in June. June is half way through the year. The last month before hitting the real halfway point. Where did the year go? The first 5 months have flown by … Continue reading
It’s Canadian Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving, my fellow Canadian friends! It’s the first time we had all the kids together on Thanksgiving Sunday. Normally, they are at their other parents and come back to us late in the day on Thanksgiving … Continue reading
Music to my ears. My Mom sent me this little article by a Pastor, David McGee, that she found online entitled: Jesus was part of a blended family. At first I thought it was a joke , but then I read it. … Continue reading
One of the many downfalls of losing a parent early on in your adult life (sadly, losing a parent at any stage in life has great downfalls)… is that as you get older, and a bit more appreciative (hopefully), and … Continue reading