The church where Suzy and Jay exchanged their vows was tucked away on a little piece of land that I had never seen before.  We took many tiny and twisting roads to get there.  It was small, intimate, and built with wooden beams capable of  withstanding the challenges it would inevitably face.  It was strong…weathered…filled […]

There was a time when everything about this city made me hurt.  There was a time when all that it did was open up old wounds.  There was a time when I couldn’t even live here without it ripping me apart. I could remember walking around the city as though it was filled with land […]

“I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn’t resolve.  But sometimes you have to watch somebody love something before you can love it yourself…” That’s what is written on the back cover of my favourite book – Blue Like Jazz – by Donald Miller.  And honestly, it’s part of what I love most about […]

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.  […]

Are you a “what if” person at all?  You know the kind of person that I’m talking about!  The person who manages to second guess everything with a very justified “what if”?  What if this is the wrong decision?  What if it all turns out super badly?  What if that delightful handbag isn’t there when […]