Has there ever been a time in your life when you found yourself struggling in your circumstances? I seem to go through seasons, when the Lord is trying to teach me something and the ‘side-effects’ of the lessons leave me feeling as though I’ve been drug through the mud. Over the past several months, our…

Brokenness is a popular talking point in today’s society. Being broken-hearted often has to do with being disappointed in others for failing to meet our expectations. Having our hearts broken can refer to rejection, failure or a breach of trust. Feeling broken is much different than being broken. On my last grocery day, I made…

Isaiah 66:2 But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at My Word. It is always a marvel to me that God created a being that would so try His grace. All through Scripture, there are accounts of men and women who professed…

I was at a conference this past weekend, and I lost track of how many times I went up and down in the elevator. Meals, meetings, breaks, forgotten things. On one of my numerous trips, I was blankly staring at the numbers on the panel and I wondered how often someone got off on the wrong…

We have had a beautiful summer. Usually, in Nova Scotia, most of the summer is around 22-24 C with the occasional day reaching 29-30 C. This summer, most days were around 30-34 C with some days reaching 40 C. While the sun was shining, we were all in the water, playing and being refreshed. It…

Browsing through my ʹdraftsʹ folder, I came across this entry that I had begun some time ago. Although God has continued to work on my attitude, not that much else has changed. It was Friday morning. My weekend was packed. Swimming lessons in an hour, my daughter was babysitting for a friend while I went…

I have worked in water safety for almost four decades; in pools, on beaches, swimming lessons, coaching, program development and lots and lots of other bits and pieces. Periodically, I’ll take a position at a new facility or an old facility will revamp. When this happens, it is often time for a performance review. These…

Do you love small talk? Is your happy place in the center of a crowd and in the midst of much conversation? Are you a “get involved in everything” kind of person? As the leader of a support group, a parent, a conference speaker and a teacher, I spend a lot of time interacting with…

When I was a young girl, my art teacher bemoaned the fact that if she said the sky was blue, I coloured it yellow, orange, red and purple. Blue water was blue, green, white and black. Grass was green, yellow and brown and the leaves on the trees and flowers in the fields were whatever…