Living in the Moment

Some days you have to just drop your agenda and live in the moment. Today was such a day for me. I had a long list of work that I needed to get done but as I was walking my youngest into the school yard it became clear to me that my day was going to change. Clinging...

Love is a Language

“He sends you flowers when what you really want is time to talk. She gives you a hug when what you really need is a home-cooked meal. The problem isn’t your love it’s your love language!” So reads the back of Gary Chapman’s book The Five...

Making and Keeping New Year Resolutions

The end of one year and the beginning of another is the perfect time for taking stock of the year past and making resolutions for the year about to begin. The most interesting resolutions are those we make for personal growth, the focus and effort we make to become as...

Nothing is lost if it is loved

I was reading a book ‘Before I Go – Letters to Our Children about what Really Matters’  by Peter Kreeft and I came across this quote that just struck me. It was so profound I’ve been thinking about it all day – and all those who are gone...

Do you really know him?

This week the subject of our newsletter was reflections on remembrance and in it I asked the question – Do we really know the people we care for? That question was prompted by the image created by Brian Fray and published in the Guelph Tribune. It seems to me it...

Trevor Greene – an amazing story

Trevor Greene’s recovery is an incredible story about the determination of an individual and the ability to comeback from a traumatic brain injury. He and his wife Debbie are re-writing conventional wisdom about the ability of the brain to recover from traumatic...