OneStory.com – A fresh approach to storytell...

What’s your story?  Whose story would you love to capture? I sometimes refer to writing as storytelling.  We all have stories, don’t we?  How we came to be who we are today, the paths we have chosen, the decisions we made along the way.  When I meet someone new, and feel a connection to them, I always want to know their stories. I’m curious, and I like knowing how people think. I want to know what they...

Changing how we (and our kids) look at food

It’s amazing to me how much I take for granted some days. How much my kids do and will take for granted. Here’s a great example – hunger.  My kids will often complain about being hungry, indeed, they may whine that they are starving, that they might not make it until their next meal…you know what kids are like.  ”Mom. I’m staaaaarving….” But the reality is stark when I stop...

Lace up, suck it up – 3 months of working ou...

Two months ago I wrote a post called Movement as medicine and shared that I had started committing time to working out each week.  I had been at it a month, and wasn’t sure about a lot of things other than it was time to just do it.  I have spent the last year making other good changes that have been beneficial to my health, and it was time to figure out a way to carve out time for movement. And carve I did....

What I want my kids to know…

Yesterday, I read as much as I could for the first hour or two after I caught the news about the tragic events in Boston.  And then I just stopped. I had enough.  I would come back to the story later, of course, and there was no escaping it no matter where I turned.  As it should be.  As hard as it is to hear it, it is also always so important to bear witness. It’s what we do, as a community, as a society. Perhaps...

I’d rather be stubborn than lucky

Are you lucky? Look around at your life – what fills your heart, your day, your life, your home.  Do you feel lucky to have everything you do?  Is it luck that has brought you your good life? I think we talk too much about luck sometimes. We feel lucky, we get lucky when something good happens, and we have bad luck when it doesn’t.  There are tickets to buy, cards to scratch and dice to roll. Vegas, baby. I consider...

Just go love…

Catching my breath in the light

This morning took my breath away. Everything was drenched in the most beautiful golden light. Another sunrise to make me stop, look and pay attention. I am thankful for each one. As I drove, I saw light reflected in every window, neighbourhoods bathed in colour, and snowcapped mountains glowing pink. There may be many things I find beautiful in a day, but my world at sunrise is one of my favourites lately.  The light makes...

Seen and unseen

So much of our lives are tucked away in the places where nobody thinks to look. I am a pretty open person, and I share things easily.  But we all have nooks and corners, pockets and hiding places that never see the light of day, don’t we? Sometimes the worst of us hides there. Sometimes it’s just our quiet thoughts. Sometimes the best of us even sneaks away there, but in the end it’s all still hiding and it takes...

What is the Ontario wine chat (#ONWineChat)?

You may have noticed me getting a little excited lately over something called #ONWineChat.  It’s a great project that has come together by way of a random collaboration and shared love of wine…and Twitter. So what is a Calgary girl doing smack in the middle of a Twitter chat that puts a spotlight on Ontario wines? It’s a good question. I have been jokingly calling myself a rabble rouser for the newly...

Movement as medicine

“Movement is a medicine for creating change in a person’s physical, emotional, and mental states.”  ~ Carol Welch Ah, movement.  Are you getting enough of it in your days? I wasn’t. Not for a long time.  Oh, I walk plenty during the day, running errands, shuffling myself and kids to and fro, sneaking opportunities for fresh air and more steps.  And I linger at the playground with my preschooler at...