My husband and I have agreed to disagree regarding our opinion on a particular topic. The agreement is, I allow him to do life his way, and he allows me to do my life my way. I have a confession to make. He is WAY better at complying to our agreement than I am. I […]
Category Archives: MINDFUL LIVING
Go Fly a Kite!
I remember in my youth, when I was under foot in the kitchen my mother would laughingly tell me to go fly a kite. There is nothing more joyous than standing in the middle of the field, hanging onto a string and feeling the power of the wind on my kite. I made it out […]
Soaring with Eagles – Music and Numerology
This spring, when the Vancouver Island Symphony in Nanaimo was faced with designing a new season, the eleventh, there was a sense of anticlimax. As is tradition, the tenth had been a big celebration. Staff scrambled for ideas to pull the season together, to find a thread and tell a story, to bring all the […]
Book review – True Parenting
As a parent, have you ever asked yourself questions such as: "Just when I knew what to expect with the first child, why did I get a second child who is completely opposite?” or "Has my mother’s wish come true…did I get a child exactly like me?” True Colours™ helps us to understand our temperament […]
Insights of Motherhood
In L.B.M. (life before motherhood) I did not see motherhood as "fun". Mothers looked stressed out, irritated and were usually desperate to escape their children for a break…..to have some fun! I definitely did not see why someone would actually choose motherhood. And so I decided not to have children since they would obviously interfere […]