The students who went to Ecuador volunteered their time and energy to help children in Ecuador. While they were there, the youth volunteers also had the opportunity of a trip to the Amazon, which Alex was looking forward to, except … Continue reading →
In April 1995, news broke in Canadian newspapers of the death of a child labourer, Iqbal Masih, in Pakistan. The news so moved twelve-year-old Craig Kielburger, a student in Richmond Hill, Ontario, that he stepped into social justice action that … Continue reading →
This week I had the opportunity to speak to a Kiwanis club in Kitchener. The setting was a meeting room in Winston Park, a retirement centre. All members of this division have had a range of education and positions—high school … Continue reading →
When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. -Les Brown, motivational speaker It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters. … Continue reading →
Recently I received a newsletter with this very title from a speaking coach. Not just any coach, but one I know and have worked with. Jeremy Tracey. As speakers, writers, performers and artists, we are probably more used to hearing … Continue reading →
My husband and I went on a short trip this fall and stopped at this historic site on our way home The Temple of Sharon, surrounded by fall foliage … Continue reading →
American comedienne, Phyllis Diller once said, “I want all my children to have all the things I couldn’t afford. Then I want to move in with them.” Expectations are high for mothers. Jill Churchill wrote, “There is no way to … Continue reading →
Once a month, I post a blog on Canadian Writers Who Are Christian. Today my topic reflected something we’re called on to do every day of our lives. Read my post A Listening Ear, and while you’re there, check … Continue reading →
This Friday, at our November Stories Aloud at the Button Factory, the Baden Storytellers’ will be hosting Susan Charters from the Orillia guild. Come and listen. Perhaps the stories will work their charm and you’ll be telling too. Stories … Continue reading →
Continuing on from last post, after our stop in Port Perry for lunch and looking around, we headed on our way home, but then decided to take a slight detour so that my husband could see the Temple of Sharon, … Continue reading →
