Remembrance Day is the one day a year where Canadians will pay homage to our fallen soldiers with ceremonies that remind us how lucky we truly are. Communities join together to thank those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. Veterans fought for our freedom, Soldiers are fighting to keep our freedom. Without freedom, life [...]
There are Heroes sprinkled amongst us, you just have to look. We are blessed if we meet one, proud if we know one. They step out into a world that many of us don’t see, trying to make a difference, and they certainly do. This video was incredibly touching! It shows us how lucky we [...]
Tags: children·freedom·inspiring video·keep us safe·love·Soldiers·surprise
~ Remembrance Day Poem ~ Grandpa pinned a pretty poppy On his big black coat today, He always stands up straighter When he wears that coat that way, He was humming to his friends again so soft that no one hears, But I think he knows I’m listening And he lets me see his tears [...]
Tags: 11th Day·11th hour·11th Month·Afghanistan·democracy·First World War·freedom·Grandpa·Hero·Korean War·Lest We Forget·Maple Leaf·November 11·parade·peacekeeping missions·poem·Poppy·Remembrance Day·Salutes·Second World War
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do. Eleanor Roosevelt Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. James Thurber Our deepest fear is not [...]
Tags: brownie camp·creep·facing fear·fear·freedom·memories·outdoor school·scary·slumber parties·truth
When someone tells you they have baggage maybe it’s just their perception of what baggage is? Baggage is what you make it! If you have too much baggage then perhaps your traveling through life a tad bit on the heavy side. You need to lighten your load. Lets start by defining bag-gage. ~noun 1. trunk, [...]
Tags: baggage·conflicts·emotional baggage·entourage·freedom·neurotic·purge·travel
Last week I was supposed to meet with Tracy to visit a jewelry designer in Vancouver. Since she comes out from the Valley we have a system whereby we meet at an ice rink parking facility just off the highway where one of us can leave a vehicle and for the rest of the way [...]
Tags: bicycle·freedom·Haro·Heartland·motorcycle·wind in my hair
I have been thinking a lot lately about midlife. Why, you ask, when I’m only 30-ish! (cough, choke, spit) If asked straight out I don’t lie about my age. I never have. (I just become a low talker) I am quite the opposite actually as I usually admit to being the age I will be [...]
Tags: awakening·boats·celebration·compromise·freedom·Friends·marianne williamson·men·midlife crisis·motorcycle·sports cars·women
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