“It was a privilege to care for her.” When I repeated my father’s words to a friend of mine her response was – ‘Wow – you sure don’t hear that very much anymore. I’m really glad to hear someone say that’. That...
We don’t only live in ourselves; we also live in those we love and in those who love us. We live in our relationships with each other – with those to whom we are present…and I don’t mean just present in a physical sense but also in an emotional...
It’s been just over a month since my mom died and I’m facing my first Mother’s Day without her. The wound is still raw and I know that I’ll spend Sunday thinking of my mom and the intangible things she gave me – like courage and an...
We’ve all heard the saying: “it’s better to give than to receive.” However, generous self-giving is not always so simple in practice. We’ve all seen situations were individuals encounter more fatigue and sorrow in their self-giving than...
Two weeks ago I received the phone call we all dread – get home as fast as you can….and so I began my cross-country journey to get home in time to say a final good-bye to my mother. When I walked off the plane at midnight in Saskatoon, and saw my father...
If you had your life to live over – what would you do differently? It’s a provocative question to think about. Dr. Tim Lau gets to ask that question everyday – and the answers he gets may surprise you. Watch the third interview with Dr. Lau and let...
