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Brules, Belgium (For Remembrance Day)

I came across this graphic last January but immediately thought how it would be a perfect post for Remembrance Day…

Posted 11 November 2012 § Canada § Family § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Obama Speaks To A Room Of Volunteers Post-Election

Inspirational… And this clip from Rachel Maddow is pretty good too.

Posted 08 November 2012 § Politics § United States § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) °

Sappy Sunday – What Are Some Stories About Your Dad You’d Want Your Kids To Know?

From Quora, this story about a son, a dad and a boat killed me… Read Quote of Jonas M Luster’s answer to Family and Families: What are some stories about your dad you would want your kids to know about? on Quora

Posted 04 November 2012 § Family § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Shea and I Are Expecting (You’ll Watch This Video We Made)

Posted 26 October 2012 § Baby § Family § FridayFunLink § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (1) °

Eulogy for Uncle Ken

Shea’s uncle passed away last week, rather suddenly after a year-long battle with cancer (that’s a weird way to describe it but that’s how it went.) Shea and I were honoured to be asked to do the eulogy by his widow and since we happened to be in Weyburn last weekend, we were able to […]

Posted 17 October 2012 § Family § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § Shea § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – Pace’s First Day of Kindergarten (Video Edition)

Posted 10 September 2012 § Baby § Family § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Pace’s First Day of Kindergarten

Posted 08 September 2012 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Pace Starts Kindergarten Today

I know I keep saying it but where did the last five years go?  Wow…

Posted 05 September 2012 § Baby § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Shea ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “What’s gonna happen to you/You have woke up too soon/And found the world rearranged/And now your feelings have changed”

Shea found this one which is timely for Pace’s first day of kindergarten this week (and also for triggering tears in his very mixed emotion parents):

Posted 03 September 2012 § Baby § Family § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Pace § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Ranking The Top 10 Milestones of a Person’s Life

In exactly one week, Pace starts kindergarten. It’s a cliche but it truly is hard to believe how fast the time has flown. I thought it might be fun to try to rank the major milestones of a person’s life. Other than being born and dying, I know not everyone will hit these milestones but […]

Posted 29 August 2012 § Baby § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Shea § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,