The surprise birthday cake was a hit! (I’ve also been thinking a lot lately about the concept of “thoughtfulness” and how that interacts with kindness and empathy. Might be a topic for a future Wisdom Wednesday post…)
I can’t remember for sure but think this Blue Jays game was the first and only Blue Jays game I’ve attended in my life? Or did I see an exhibition game in Regina once? Hmm, 1989 so that feels very possible. At any rate, this game was during a break in my Masters program. My […]
I’ve been heavily involved in a variety of major changes for those I love most in the past three years – my mom is now in a care home because of her dementia, my dad has finished the sale of the last quarter of land from the farm that’s been in our family since 1883 […]
@funny.dog.tiktok2 My dog thinks he’s an actual baby ??#cutedog #fyp #funnydog #funnypets #lovedogs #puppy ? original sound – funny dog tiktok
I’ve basically lived near it for 50+ years. But in all my trips through the Qu’Appelle Valley, had never walked the Stations of the Cross at Lebret. Of course, being an atheist, I also had no desire to climb it for religious reasons. But perhaps I was inspired by the new Pope being named. Or […]
And once again, Gen X gets forgotten… 😉 @mikemancusi Why young people don’t care about work #work #workethic #millennial #genz ? original sound – Mike Mancusi
Dementia is obviously a horrible, terrible progressive disease as someone you love goes from very basic memory errors – forgetting names, where they parked the car, etc. – to being incapable of speech, movement, feeding themselves. As mom has progressed through these various stages, it’s been helpful to try to think of the good things […]
Pace was only a few months old when we took him to a long-term service award presentation – I think this was 35 years for my mom?
Lots can change in two short years or in twenty… I didn’t really have to change the inscription in the coffee table book of prairie photos I gave my Grandma Hammond when she moved into the Golden Prairie Nursing Home in Indian Head when my mom moved into the same facility – just had to […]
I often joke the only reason we have kids is to get them to do our chores when we’re old enough. But they’re also fun to play with…sometimes literally! 😉
