Mom turns 39 again!

Happy Birthday to my Mom…born in Niagara Falls, in her parents home – one of 6 children…one of five girls, she’s been a significant force in my life.  Growing up I was an only child for the first ten years and so we were very close…as Dad did a great deal of travel. This won’t…

Trust requires risk

On this Family Day weekend I’ve been thinking about our family.  Jason and Susan, Philip and Amanda and of course Cath and Terry, Shaun and Leanne.  I’ve been thinking about Mom and Dad and some of the family lessons I learned growing up.  Lessons on perseverance, love, sacrifice, caring and trust.  Trust is the lesson that…

Happy Birthday Leanne

I was 10 years of age when my parents sat me down to have a “talk”…it wasn’t that talk…it was to tell me that I was to have a baby sister.  They were adopting and a lady was going to come to the house to talk to us (insert Social Worker making a home visit)….