Brief brush with long-married couple an inspiration. I love love. I may not have had the best of luck with it, and I’m not without blame. Lately, more than ever, I believe that an amazing love is out there for me, and that hope will sustain me in the dark hours. This past week, I went out with friends to …
Happiness tied to ‘connection, not collection’
They say that you never know what someone is going through, so you should always be kind. Given the recent World Suicide Prevention Day, I feel like basic kindness is a good place to start, including with ourselves. That said, if you asked me if kind is the first adjective that I’d like me or my teens to be known …
It’s no wonder women are afraid to age
After 35 years, Lisa Laflamme was “retired” from her role as CTV National News anchor. The award-winning news anchor was 58. A couple of years back, she stopped dying her hair and went grey, and she continued to do her job expertly and continued to look sensational. Why am I linking these two topics and even writing about this? Simply put, …
Getting weary of languishing
Is anyone else feeling down? Grieving your former life? Lacking purpose? Feeling untethered? If you are, you aren’t alone. There are a lot of stressors out there right now, including, but surely not limited to: bad weather this summer, COVID-19 screwing up our lives for two years, divisiveness as public policy, unexpected and unfair wars, losing rights that everyone thought …
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Find the time to do all the things you want to – and have to – do
Editorial & Opinion, Wednesday, April 16, 2008 Last week, my husband e-mailed me information on a CQI time management/life balance course that I was scheduled to co-teach. He joked and wrote, “YOU’RE going to teach people about life balance?” I know what he’s getting at – I am a very busy person. Here is a snapshot of my world: I …