May 1st

Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit. There are things you inherit from your family like eye colour, height, sense of humour, or even how your hair grows – or doesn’t! You might inherit a lamp, a table and chairs or even a trunk full of trinkets. But there are other things you inherit like “sayings” and here’s one…

The importance of family

Much of my life I have lived far from some members of our family.  As a kid either living in the east or west most of our family lived in Ontario. We took the train or drove for visits but my folks were quite creative in how they communicated with our family. I remember the…

The Eagle has landed

After 22, almost 23 years Mom decided it was time to leave the condo and head to a retirement residence nearer family.  The condo went on the market, the applications for the residence were accepted, the movers were booked, and in my Mom’s words “that all happened rather quickly!”  Yes, indeed it did. What a…