I have often wondered what exactly Halloween is. The first time I encountered it was when I came to Canada and settled on a street full of families with children. Where I grew up, I never saw or heard of this holiday, and when I asked my husband, who was born and bred in Canada, he responded that he really did not know what it was all about, …
We are in mid-October already and the days are still fairly warm this year. The wind and the rain have blown some of the leaves, and they fall, fall to the ground, even cover the grass already in some places. I guess that is why it is called fall here…
We celebrate Thanksgiving in Canada today, and indeed we have a lot to be grateful for…
This is the day for contemplation, for remembering the year that passed and considering your actions or inactions toward your fellow humans and yourself. The past year tested everyone, and each of us had our own challenges with isolation, health issues, and anxiety…
A new Netflix movie “Worth” is airing ahead of the 20th anniversary of 9/11. I suspect that we will be inundated with many more reminders of that cursed day that changed the world forever …
Today I met on zoom a person from Afghanistan in the Pocket Project meeting of my Trauma-informed leadership course. It was heartbreaking and at the same time inspiring…
Everyone I spoke with this week had some issues with teeth and dentists. Perhaps it is a result of eating too many sweets and snacks during the many lockdowns we experienced in the past two years…
We were sitting in the car at the parking lot of the drug store, waiting for the results of our COVID-19 rapid test…
Returning to our home in Canada, I was struck by the amount of stuff that is still there. The garage is filled with …
I imagine we all receive from time to time little stories that circulate from one friend to another. A few weeks ago, I received the following story: A man went to the store to pick up just a few groceries…