11
Jul
This past weekend, my mom was evacuated from her home in British Columbia due to wildfires. She's still evacuated; she knows that her home is still standing, but the fires...
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4
Jul
It was going to be our last canoe trip before moving to the US; to say that we were looking forward to it would be a gross understatement. We loved...
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30
Jun
We’re staying home this long weekend. It’s too hot at our usual getaway (our current happy place), and we’ve just been too busy to make other plans. We may head...
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26
Jun
(Part III in a series on the pursuit of purpose, whole happiness, and – because we should always dream big – a better world. Read Part I here, and Part...
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20
Jun
Late last year, we said goodbye to Tanner. He had taken a bad turn and been medevaced to BC Children's Hospital; his doctors said that it would be our last...
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12
Jun
Truth be told, I am not that interested in getting out into nature. I’m not a hiker, or particularly interested in pitching a tent unless at a music festival, and...
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7
Jun
The Whole Family Happiness project is two things: first, and foremost, it's an exercise in exploring what it means to attach our personal happiness to a larger understanding of happiness...
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1
Jun
(Part II in a series on the pursuit of purpose, whole happiness, and - because we should always dream big - a better world. Read Part I here.)
The move from...
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22
May
Some years ago, my family made the pretty momentous decision to leave Canada and move to the US. We would sell our big Georgian house in the exurbs of Toronto...
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15
May
It was mid-morning yesterday when I realized that Georgie was dying.
She’d been under the weather for a few days. She’d stopped eating. Kyle took her to the vet on Friday...
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