a summer road trip with mum – part two
The day dawned… a good way for any day to start. First I picked up my sister—she was ready and waiting—then on to our mum’s. Mum was a little distressed when we arrived. “I’ve been trying to phone Karen, but it’s not going through.” “Did you remember to dial...
a summer road trip with mum- part one
Thankfully the car’s air-conditioning was fixed at the beginning of the summer because tomorrow—road trip! My sister, Karen, and I are taking our mum to visit her friend Kath. They’ve known each other for over fifty years, since before we emigrated from England....
fill that need – create!
I was just thinking about this need inside me. Busy days are overfilled with demands of family and work and all the things that scream to be done. These everyday realities attempt to squelch this need. Yet it quietly ferments until it is ready to explode. So I...
in a wheelchair and bound by hope
For someone who loved to chat with everyone he met, his vocabulary now consisted of only a few words and phrases. Yet, whenever I went to visit him his eyes would shine, he would smile and say, “I will”…
weather gives our plans the cold shoulder
Snow gently falling. Sun streaming through the clouds. Birds busy about the birdfeeders. A massive thick blanket of glistening snow everywhere you look. It’s a Christmas postcard of brilliant white – beautiful. I live in rural Southwestern Ontario, Canada and late...