Life Lesson

The Christmas Hangover

The rush before Christmas never arrives quietly. It bursts in like a drunk uncle who ignores the doorbell and immediately…

4 months ago

Our First Tropical Christmas

If someone had told me a few years ago that our first Christmas outside Canada would involve palm trees lit…

4 months ago

A Pura Vida Christmas Carol

Once upon a Christmas, there lived a wealthy expat on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. He owned a stunning…

4 months ago

Put The Phone Down and Come Home

There’s a strange kind of loneliness that creeps in when you’re sitting right beside someone, yet both of you are…

4 months ago

When Love Gets Stuck Inside

Some people give affection the way a lighthouse gives light. Easy. Steady. Natural. Then there are people like me, the…

5 months ago

The Gentle Truth of an Uncrowded Church

There is a certain kind of quiet you only find when life stops trying to impress you. The world outside…

5 months ago

The Time When Shiny Replaced Special

I knew things were going downhill when I was placed in a box labelled “Seasonal Misc.” That is not storage.…

5 months ago

When Sparks Return Uninvited

Don and Betty had reached that stage of marriage where the kids move out and the house goes quiet enough…

5 months ago

The Paper Lesson We Forgot

There are moments in life when a simple object ends up teaching a far deeper lesson than any long lecture…

5 months ago

Truth in a World Built on Pretending

Mark Twain had a talent for wrapping wisdom in a single clean line, and one of his simplest reminders fits…

5 months ago