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Pressure to Perform
Have you ever walked by a room and enjoyed your children singing or dancing or acting? When you stepped into the room to encourage them did they stop? When you asked them to perform for Grandma were you met with sudden shyness and reluctance? This morning as I am cleaning the house and fixing snacks…
Too Heavy
Exodus 18:18You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone. When we were visiting our son at CMR, we saw a fantastic object lesson in living colour. Teamwork works! The cadets were charged with accomplishing a variety of different …
Who’s In Charge?
Sitting in the hospital waiting room, my son and I were scanning through an old edition of Reader’s Digest when we found this story. It’s not word for word but you will get the idea… “Driving down the road the other day, I noticed the traffic cam flash my picture. I knew I wasn’t speeding…
When the Well Runs Dry
I looked back through my journal and realized that it has been over a month since I have written. I have been so tired that day by day has been my limit. Last week, I had the opportunity to take my oldest daughter on a trip to NYC. After a three hour flight, we were…
Hanging Out In Trees
With the global pandemic, COVID-19, closing our borders and shutting down travel and trade, I have been trying to be deliberate about getting out and being in the sunshine. The other day, my husband and I and one of our sons, and our two dogs headed to the beach. Our stretch of beach is really…
Here’s Mud In Yer Eye
We went to visit our son at College Militaire Royale (CMR) and to see his graduation from OP. One of the highlights was following the cadets through the Obstacle Course. This was not the standard hop through some tires, crawl through a tube event. They swam, hauled, climbed, ran, swung, jumped, hefted and worked together…