Parenthood is the most important and definitely the
longest-lasting job we assume, usually going into it with unsuspecting optimism
and little experience, if any at all. First-timers often don’t know what
they’re getting into, and veterans are all too aware...
As Canadians usher in the holiday season, we have much to be thankful for. While many places in the world are in turmoil, we enjoy relative prosperity and comfort. Despite the less-than-ideal economic conditions, Canada, and especially Nova Scotia,...
I will always remember those times with a toddler. I’d be on my hands and knees on the hard tile floor, creeping from couch to coffee table to TV stand, looking for lost treasure.
Tailing me (quite literally) was a...
Grandma and grandpa used to have this huge, brown, floor-model stereo. It was right smack in the middle of their living room, and next to it, right under the bin of Nana Mouskouri 8-track tapes, sat a small vinyl...
The coronavirus looms over us, Canadian politics is in
turmoil, and Facebook posts
underscore the increasing divisions in our country, but – and I think this is a
big exception to the barrage of depressing news – Canadians love to...
“What do you keep in here? It weighs 20 pounds.” This
is my son’s remark, as I instruct him to grab some lunch money from my purse.
“Everything we need.” I retort, having answered this
question...
Most people agree that finding love is no easy mission,
and for the many people who spend most of their waking hours working, the
office may serve as the perfect setting for a romantic relationship.
It’s...
The end of our Florida vacation was just as activity-packed as the beginning.
Everyone told us to budget an entire day at each park, but the Express Passes allowed us to get through them in about six hours as opposed...
Are you in need of good news? Craving a story that will make your day? Hoping for a true-life anecdote to keep you smiling when the news is hard to watch?
I am, especially with the current state of the...
This has been an impossibly difficult week.
My grandmother passed away. She was less than two weeks away from her 101st birthday and in good health, but she suffered a stroke from which she didn’t recover, and passed peacefully at...