Outside Your Comfort Zone: Taking Risks for Personal Growth
It’s often uncomfortable (even nail-biting!) to try new things, but getting out of the comfort zone and stretching your perception of what you can do is what leads to bigger and better things.
Maybe a Puppy Wasn’t Such a Bad Idea After All?
Julie reconsiders the notion of a adopting a puppy after her daughter becomes attached to insects instead.
Tilikum the Orca, Olympic Protests and Learning from Our Mistakes
A whale who killed his trainer and a Facebook response to Olympic protesters lead our writer to ponder human beings and our approach to the world.
Rock Wall: Motherhood and the Fractures of Solitude
Are we rock walls that begin to chip and fracture over time, or are we made up of multiple chips and fractures that come together to form a united rock wall front? I believe I will always remember the moment that I realized solitude was something I would have to steal, plan for, fight for and strategize to attain.
Sorting it Out: The Mind-Body Connection and Your Health
As I sit here writing this, my 14-month-old son, Konan, is playing at my feet. There are torn-up tissues scattered around, a few electronic cause-and-effect toys, and various pieces from a shape sorter. As is almost a daily tradition here, he … Read more →
Wrong Man for the Job: Confessions of a Stay at Home Dad
I am a “Stay-At-Home” dad. I can assure you, Michael Keaton did a much better job at being Mr. Mom than I will ever hope to aspire to do. First of all, the phrase “Stay-At-Home” is a complete misnomer: Shopping, play-dates and errands continually interrupt this supposed domestic ideal.
Olympic Dreaming? Not a Chance
In a world where parents are increasingly beginning to question the benefits of overscheduling their children in organized activities, the Olympics reaches right into a parent’s heart and makes you want to fire up that mini-van and start signing cheques. Almost.
No Sex Please, We’re Married With Children
Folks who have been married for a few years, like my wife and me, know that romance can take a backseat to all the other pressures life throws at you. Sex appears on the “To Do” list, and is never likely to appear before work, laundry, dishes and mortgage payments.
Why I’m Really Running This Marathon
I think I’m running the Royal Victoria Marathon this year for Sarah; Oct 1, 1992 – Oct 5, 1992. Sarah Estelle Jean Klassen Wotherspoon was born five weeks early, but she weighed 5 lbs, 10 oz – a healthy weight for a preemie. It was a … Read more →
Sound the Virtue Alert: Notes from School Drop-Off Zone
Since when did assertiveness become a virtue? Isn’t it more virtuous to turn the other cheek than to stand one’s ground?
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