My kids and I have a favourite place we go to every summer; a beach along the Ottawa River.  For ten weeks out of the year, the back of our car is full of beach toys, piles of sand and the smell of damp bathing suits.  We usually head out in the mornings – sometime […]

To my husband, A girl asked me about our wedding the other day. She was young and excited and wanted to hear about all the pretty details. “Wow”, she said…”that must have been the best day of your life”. I smiled at her, in all of her exuberance…and I agreed “it really was a great […]