This summer, in my humble sized backyard, M planted vegetables seeds in my flower pots, buried sunflower seeds in front of my fence, and covered up pumpkin seeds in my modest garden. Labeled stakes were set in the dirt to remind us what sprouts to ...
How to Thrive When in The Muck
When my step sinks into the saturated grasses, I almost turn away. A few more steps will take me to marshy waters that pool above plants in these wetlands and I’m reminded again. Avoiding the mucky leads to dryness. But thriving comes when ...
A List Forgetting Story with a Donut
“You should have warned me so I could have been prepared,” my eldest sister, D, complains. “Well, I thought it up just a couple of hours ago when in the shower,” I explained. I could see her eyes roll through my iPhone screen. “I want to ...
Thriving in a Comparative and Competitive World
“I wasn’t a good figure skater. There was a girl 2 grades below me better than me.” “You are an excellent skater and were good at figure skating,” I replied to my grand daughter. “No I wasn’t,” she argued ...
Intentional Acceptance
There were more unchecked items than checked. And defeat began to creep into my mind. Why can't you be more disciplined with your time? Why don't you have more energy in the evenings? What is wrong with you? You got to do better. I scanned over ...
He is Real
When you drive west into Jasper National Park from my home town of Edmonton, Alberta, your landscape changes from the prairies to the rocky mountains. If it is a clear day, you begin to see in the horizon the tops of snow capped mountains. Soon ...
