Archive for 'ADVICE'

MOTHER’S DAY

MOTHER’S DAY

“A mother understands what a child does not say.” Happy Mother’s Day! (Diane Catherine Dutchuk. age: 27. Me. age: 2. Edmonton, Alberta Canada.)   To the expectant, hopeful, and terrified, to the sleep-deprived, worried sick and madly-in-love Mothers. To those who [...]

GO LEFT

GO LEFT

“when nothing goes right, go left.” captured a block from my house on a sunny Sunday afternoon. the signs are everywhere. stop texting for 9 seconds and take a look UP and around. : ) [...]

8 FRIENDS EVERY WOMAN NEEDS

8 FRIENDS EVERY WOMAN NEEDS

“friends – how many of us have them?” change – the one constant we can all count on. change might not come on time, or in the form of your neatly laid out plans, but honey, change [...]

GET YOUR GOALS IN ORDER

GET YOUR GOALS IN ORDER

seasons change, so do our priorities. you may be chugging along with a ‘this will make me happy’ goal, only to realize that it’s not what you want. OR that you want more! with multi-dimensional lives, how [...]

BIRTHDAY REFLECTIONS

BIRTHDAY REFLECTIONS

  go me, it’s my birthday! go me, it’s my birthday! february 27th. pisces. born the year of the monkey. this time of year makes me extra reflective on the past, patterns in the present, plans for the future, [...]

LESSONS FROM WHITNEY

LESSONS FROM WHITNEY

  Where were you when you  learned ‘the voice’ was silent? The familiar ‘bing’ of my Blackberry intially stirred me from a nap. The message on the phone had me upright in two seconds. “Whitney’s DEAD?” my sister wrote. “what?” “oh. [...]

FINDING THE COURAGE TO STAY THE COURSE

FINDING THE COURAGE TO STAY THE COURSE

Anytime you decide on the pursuit of an important goal, you’ll be faced with a series of challenges. Peaks, valleys and plateaus are par for the the course. But the thing that separates the people who [...]

FOR THE FELLAS

FOR THE FELLAS

    this poet reminded me of you. of how the world watches, afraid of the angry man. placing heavy limitations on your back before your mouth even opens to reveal that tension cutting, ‘i can’t even be mad at [...]