It had been one of those long days that seemed to take more than it gave. The kind where the…
You ever notice how we’re all part-time actors, and nobody told us? We wear more masks than a ski lodge…
We often think of “rituals” as something ancient or ceremonial, performed by monks in a mountain temple or elders around…
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There’s a special breed of Canadian child known as the “hockey daughter.” Raise a girl in skates and shoulder pads,…
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Some days life feels like it’s handing you lemons, and other days it hands you a banana while making intense…
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We all love a good plan. There is comfort in scribbling down numbers, circling dates on a calendar, and telling…