Sharing my adventures as I navigate life
Lisa writes this week's "letter to my pre-pandemic self." Lisa and I also met in high school. She is another amazing member of the “pandemic support group” on Messenger. Lisa lives down under in Melbourne, Australia. Thanks to technology, we've been able to reconnect and "see" each other on a fairly regular basis during the
This week's letter to my pre-pandemic self is written by Karen. I met Karen in high school. She was one of the sweetest girls. She still is. Karen is one of the friends in the "pandemic support group" on Messenger. Our chats have allowed me to reconnect and get to know this gem of a
This week's "letter to my pre-pandemic self" is written by my dear friend Bonnie. I've known Bonnie for close to 40 years and I have written about our friendship in previous posts. Bonnie inspires me in many ways. We share a special bond and I love this very special lady. She's beautiful, kind, loving and
This week's "letter to my pre-pandemic self" is written by Sarah, an amazing young woman. Sarah is beautiful, kind, smart, loving, funny, and hard-working, to name but a few of her qualities. She's dating my youngest son, Matthew. Over the past couple of years, I've had the privilege of spending many wonderful moments with her.
This blog post is the first of a series. I was inspired to try something new with the blog. Last week, as I sat down to enjoy my weekend paper, I read an article that mentioned writing a letter to our pre-pandemic selves. What a terrific idea! Instead of writing down only my thoughts, I
I am going to embrace the suck. The suck of living in isolation through a pandemic. The suck of feeling powerless, sad and scared. I know that I am very fortunate. My family is healthy. I have a roof over my head, food on my plate, and I live in a peaceful country. And yet…
I guess it took a pandemic to get me to write again. For months, I've wanted to write, but every time I sat at my computer, the screen remained blank. But that changed recently. For several weeks, we have been living in exceptional circumstances, as we are all trying to find a way to deal
For the past 6 months, I’ve had the privilege of being a member of Team Awesome. Being apart of this team has been a wonderful experience. Last year, on a whim, I decided, to apply to be a member of Team Awesome. This is a group of goodwill ambassadors for the Ottawa Race Weekend. Ottawa
The race that nearly didn’t happen I ran my 23rd RX1 race. 23 races done! And to think that I nearly didn’t run this particular race. Way back when I started doing these races, the race name was different, but the objective was the same: to step outside my comfort zone and see what I
So much joy I recently visited a sweet, cozy, light-filled studio in Kingston. I’d been following the “chasing lightning bugs” Facebook page since the fall. My friend Bonnie suggested the page. Her friend Annette is an artist and Bonnie thought I’d enjoy the page. She was right! I love reading Annette’s posts and seeing her