Wind Chimes

“Courage is a wind chime in a storm.  It is loud and singing about a safer tomorrow.”                                   ~ a favourite quote inspired by Maya Angelou A couple of weeks ago some friends of mine celebrated an anniversary.  Five years since her son fell ill, then immediately afterward was diagnosed with Acute Lymphasetic Leukemia.  I remember the emails asking...

Time for a makeover!

Hi all! Just a little hello, and a welcome to the sweet new look my blog will be sporting from now on!  Doesn’t it just make you want to pour a cup of coffee and get cozy?  Special thanks to 3Fish Media who are my first and only resource for web/media help.  Have a lovely weekend!

Older, Better, Wiser?

Life has a way of stripping away the nonessentials one birthday at a time until we’re left with our real selves, unashamed before the world, refined by experience, shaped by the things we’ve learned and the passions we’ve pursued…  And finally, we know what we know, and we love what we love, and we still have this precious thing called time. And it’s enough. It’s more than...

More than Enough

Tiny onesies, wee sleepers, piles of pink and blue.  A collection of infant carseats and other scattered baby items.  Extra diapers in assorted sizes.  I have kept them all. Even as we prepared for our recent move, I refused to get rid of any of our baby items.  Our second was just over a year, and what a blissful year it had been.  I was shocked to find myself considering another baby.  For someone who once upon a time...

Take Care of Me

Last year, after a frazzled start to fall, I posted the following on Twitter:  “I’m declaring November ‘Take Care of Me’ month so I don’t go into December totally depleted.  Who’s with me?”  I got reply after reply.  I was amazed.  I tried again later…and again, moms were retweeting it with an “I’m in!” and “ME!” I realized that we were all doing it.  Every time a child’s needs change, or...