There’s an old saying “Here’s your hat, what’s your hurry?” It’s a polite way of saying “Hey it’s time for you to go.” I bet I’m not alone in thinking yup it is definitely time to hand 2020 it’s hat and move it along. The end of any year is a great time to look…
life lessons
100 Days of Yoga – Life Lessons from the Mat
I shouldn’t have been surprised that yoga would give me some powerful life lessons. It started out innocently enough. I committed to doing a 30 day yoga challenge at the beginning of the year. Not challenge in the “how hard can you make it” way – just a commitment to doing 30 consecutive days of…
Mothers actually know a thing or two: Life lessons from Mom
Like most kids, it took me a while to figure out that my mom was one smart cookie. Inevitably I went through many years thinking I knew way more than my mother would ever possibly know. And of course as time passed I began to realize that I actually knew a fraction of what I…
Why you should re-think your clipboard of fun
When I first started to travel in my 20’s I subscribed to an approach that is pretty common. I call it the “clipboard of fun” method of travelling. Basically it’s an attempt to cram as much as possible into your trip. It spawns itineraries that look like 8 countries in a week or a different…
Cool stuff life can teach you in 15 minutes
In the simplest terms there are 2 different ways that we can engage with life. In the space of 15 minutes I recently witnessed both ways in action. The first way In a parking lot I was waiting for an oncoming car to pass before turning into a parking space. The driver of the other…
Why you can’t go back – a life lesson
My hubby and I used to get away each year to the mountains for a little weekend retreat. We would often stay in a rustic cabin at the edge of a beautiful canyon. There was a trail that followed the river to a series of waterfalls. It was one of our favourite places. You could…
Death in the morning
This article was first published in my community blog Life Goes On for the St. Albert Gazette. “I’m checking to see if I’m there.” My dad would say that when I asked him why he read the obituaries in the newspaper each morning. Now years later, like many things my parents did that I used to roll my…