I feel like the most memorable people in our lives go back to the very beginning.  Or, at least our memories of them do.  I believe that we remember the very first moments in which they became a part of our lives and even the subtlest of details get stored in that place where everything […]

I think most of us would agree that it’s generally easier just to do what’s “normal” or expected.  It’s easier to take the route that’s already cleared out and the path already taken. Everything above and beyond that is often uncharted territory. Sometimes it feels to hard to do something different.  Sometimes our bodies and […]

The very first place that I lived when I moved to Ottawa was room 1301 of Thompson Hall.  It was a corner room in residence that overlooked the canal and contained more freedom than I had ever known in my entire life.  I had only lived there a couple of weeks when I found out […]

I was so lucky to have had a very smooth engagement.  For thirteen months, planning went off without a hitch…flowers, the dress, the food, the guest list…it was one easy street after another!  Until four days before our wedding…when all of those lovely, wrinkle-free days went straight out the window.  It started with a water […]

Have you ever heard the children’s song The Bear Went Over the Mountain? We used to sing it at summer camp when we would walk with all of the little kids to the park.  The bear climbed over the mountain…the bear climbed over the mountain…the bear climbed over the mountain…to see what he could see.  […]

Do you ever find the world to be a despairing place?  It seems all too easy to get taken over by the ravages of sadness and fear nowadays.  Perhaps now even more than ever.  It’s as though every time you turn on the television, it’s filled with stories of death and tragedy.  Each time you […]