Winter: Spring WILL win

Over the past few weeks, I have watched the vagaries of the weather in Toronto – rain one moment, then snow, then wet snow; temperatures above O°C then biting cold and windy; sunny in the morning, overcast in the afternoon …. and so on.  One just doesn’t know what to expect from one moment to […]

Bring it on God!

I just received word of yet another disappointment.  I had submitted a proposal to work  in Dominica, one of my favourite places in the world.  It was not accepted. As I graciously acknowledged the rejection – oh have I come a long way to be gracious in the face of rejection – I remembered the […]

A gift from Mahalia and her mom

I am sharing this beautiful experience that my friend Mahalia related to me and other friends.  There are so many lessons for us, and I thank Mahalia for putting them out there for us all to share.  It is good to remember, in the final week before Christmas, that the best gifts are not purchased […]

What do you fear? There’s a name for it ……

I subscribe to Dictionary.com’s  “Word of the Day”.  Yesterday’s word fascinated me: triskaidekaphobia \tris-ky-dek-uh-FOH-bee-uh\, noun: Fear or a phobia concerning the number 13. I had never heard this word before, and couldn’t believe that this fear is so prevalent that there is a special word to describe it.  Intrigued by this idea, I googled “names […]