I clearly remember sitting in my office shaking, tears streaming down my face, all my demons surrounding me while I thought about how to do the impossible, tell my employers I needed a break – I had two bosses so I had to tell my story twice. Clearly my spirit guides felt I needed to really get into the meat and bones of this fear.
About Christine Shaw Roome
Christine Roome chucked out her fancy pants UVic job to become an artist and has her own art and jewelry company called Sweet Memory Art. She lives to write and to work with paper, paints, matte medium, and inks. She adores old books and ephemera and has come to respect the form of editing where words are literally ripped out of a sentence.
She loves the quirkiness, the humour, the unique factor and the warmth of human connection. For her, it is so much more than creating a piece of writing, an art piece or a necklace. It is about commemorating and celebrating the human connection and the relationships that carry us through and make us who we are.
Born on Alberta soil, Christine made her way to British Columbia to attend the University of Victoria 20 years ago and has not looked back. Why? Because the government of British Columbia truly got their rhetoric right when they said BC is “The Best Place on Earth.”
Christine reigns as queen over her household of boys which includes her husband, Loch, and their amazing sons, Corbin and Hamish.
An Award for Being Herself
If I had remained invisible the truth would stay hidden and I couldn’t allow that ~ Lana Wachowski /Cloud Atlas One of the most basic assumptions in this life as a humans is this binary opposition thing we call boy and girl. We take it for granted. When our children are born, they are immediately […]
World’s Smallest Book
Teeny Ted from Turnip town was standing in the street singing his favourite turnip tune and tapping with his feet. The world’s smallest book is not available at Chapters, Indigo Books or even your local independent bookstore. Nor is it residing in the vault of an academic library at a prestigious university. It is, however, […]
Giving up My Birthday for Water
What could be more human than our universal need for clean drinking water? Recently, I met the CEO and founder of Charity:Water, Scott Harrison, at an international conference on fundraising. Scott delivered an impassioned and inspiring talk about his non profit. Charity:Water brings clean, safe drinking water to people in developing countries. In six years, […]
International Women’s Day 2012: Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures.
Connecting girls, inspiring futures is the theme of International Women’s Day 2012. Girls globally are making an impact on the world. They are seeing beyond their own homes, streets and cities with a world view that embodies compassion and vision. Ta’Kaiya Blaney is one such girl. She lives in North Vancouver, British Columbia and is […]
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
February 14th – Valentine’s Day comes in the middle of a month that for many people feels like the apex of winter. There is still an urge to hibernate and withdraw from the world with only a few brief glances out the window to check on the progress of spring bulbs. In a way, this […]
Fear of Fat
Have we forgotten that one of the iconic beauties in West was a size 12. Nobody said that Marilyn was plus sized.
Life As A Human Likes…8
It’s January and you’ve made a resolution to get out and exercise more, to eat right and to stop swearing in front of your kids. But, it’s cold out, gets dark early, comfort foods are in season and somehow your kids are still interrupting you when you are trying to have a good session on the web…
<b> cooking the bird </b>
Life As A Human editor, Christine Roome, and her husband prepare the holiday feast together. Out of the two of them, it is the tech savvy one who perfects the cooking of the Christmas bird.
In Flanders Fields
Written in 1915, this simple and short poem still evokes memory, heartbreak and honour
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