Dear Grandma

I remember sitting beside you in church as a little girl, holding your hand as you moved through your rosary beads with your other one. We would squeeze our hands three times, a secret and silent code for ‘I love you’ and you’d wink at me and I’d pass it on to Mom. You would let me put your fancy rings on my little fingers. Together, we’d get our hands messy baking Hello Dollies and…

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Bowspirit

“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is necessity; that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life.” ~John Muir Two years ago, my brother and I roadtripped home from Colorado to B.C and we were both awestruck by the sheer beauty of Wyoming and Montana. I added it to…

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Thoughts on Thirty

    Today I turn 30 years old. It’s been a beautiful, messy, thrilling ride thus far and it’s only just begun. I am so grateful for my unique journey, and for all the experiences and people who have filled me up with so much love over the years. I can’t help but wear all that love on my sleeve. Life is too short not to. If I am remembered for anything in this life,…

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Ch-Ch-Ch Changes

Wow, this is the first time I’ve opened my laptop in five days. It was a good weekend. It’s so nice to totally unplug every now and then. I’ve been crossing things off my Hawaii Bucket List left, right and center lately. I have just over one week left in Hawaii, before I move back to Beautiful B.C. I got into SFU’s Continuing Studies Editing Certficate Program, which I am really excited about. Leaving Hawaii…

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Love Day

Happy Valentine’s Day! Today I choose to celebrate all the beautiful love in my life. I choose to celebrate MY heart – my gigantic, bold, bleeding, happy, sad, caring, courageous, adventurous, messy, passionate, ALIVE heart.  I choose to let it fill me up and make me smile. I choose to make myself my favorite pancakes for breakfast. I choose to buy myself some pretty fresh flowers.  I choose to run in the park. I choose to…

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