What is your WHY?

As I go through the ropes to move to the second round of the Next Top Spiritual Author competition, spending more and more time each day asking people to vote for me, focused on the May 3 deadline for voting, I am forced to ask myself WHY I have entered, and WHY I want to [...]

6 steps to stepping outside your comfort zone and getting what you want in life

Entering the Next Top Spiritual Author Competition is really forcing me to step up and step out! I realize that to win, I need to think and act on a scale mega sizes bigger than what I am used to. The competition is big – over 2,000 authors have entered. 250 [...]

Toronto will be free and laughing!

Free and Laughing Workshop at Ryerson
I am SO excited!  My very first Free and Laughing workshop in Canada is happening!
On Saturday March 20, I will be facilitating a 1-day workshop at the Chang School at Ryerson University in their Programs for 50+
What a day it will be – joy, laughter, fun – as we [...]

Footprints of a champion!

We awoke early this morning to the beauty of a blanket of white covering everything within sight.    It has been 25 years since my last snowfall, and so I was as excited and transfixed this morning as ever!  For my daughter, it was her very first sight of snow, and it was magical!  You could [...]

Customer service that has me free and laughing!

Here’s one more reason I am loving Canada!
My daughter had a challenge with an employee of the Toronto Transit Commission.  Incensed, I wrote the TTC.  Two Fridays ago, I received a telephone call replete with apologies, and today received a formal letter, the contents of which I reproduce here.  “Free and laughing” means loving what [...]

“They don’t really mean it”

As I adjust to living in Canada, one of the things I am noticing is how nice people are.  They smile, they connect in brief conversations, they hold the door open for me, they say “Cute doggies” to my three princesses when we are out for a walk, and so on – lots of little [...]

Happy Thanksgiving Day Canada!

Today is Thanksgiving Day in Canada.  As I celebrated and gave thanks with friends last evening, I wondered out loud “Where did the tradition of Canadian Thanksgiving come from”?  Most present proferred that it is an adoption of the American custom.
Not satisfied with this explanation, I googled “History of Thanksgiving in Canada” and learned that [...]

Free and laughing at the car wash

Canada is full of new and wonderful experiences!  A week after I arrived I did something I had wanted to do for years – I went to the car wash!   In Jamaica, the car wash is typically a man with a bucket and rag.  The experience of an automated, drive-through car wash is new to [...]

“If you need help, call me”

“Remember, if u need any help call me. I know u are very independent, knowledgeable and resourceful, but call me all the same – for anything – to laugh – to cry – to gripe when homesickness hits” wrote Marcia, my friend from high school. I hadn’t been in touch with Marcia since we [...]

Facing the new and unknown – rest first!

I migrated to Canada on Monday. For the first time in my life, I purchased a one-way ticket. This is a huge step, for not only have I moved, my teenagers have also moved with me. It is a big step for my entire family – including my dogs who will be [...]

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