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My Lent Necklace

If you read my post last week, you’ll know that I decided not to give up a specific material item for lent this year. Today I have a lent update. I have decided that, this year, I have a lent necklace. This necklace has a story. At my 35th birthday supper, my husband nervously handed…

“I’m Giving Up Hope For Lent”

I’m a lent latecomer, full disclosure. I knew people who practiced lent growing up, but my tradition didn’t. I only came to appreciate lent – the season leading up to Good Friday and Easter in the Church calendar – in recent years. I especially value the practice of fasting that accompanies lent. I have found…

My Other Long Winters

Two year ago, my children and I read “The Long Winter,” by Laura Ingalls Wilder. This book is part of the famous “Little House on the Prairie” series, and features the adventures of a family settling the American frontier in the nineteenth century. We had read all the other books in the series and were…

All My 42-Year Old Answers

This week I had my last day as a 42 year old. If you have ever read the famous “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” you may remember (spoiler alert) that the book concludes that the answer to “life, the universe and everything” is: 42. As the calendar turned on my 42nd birthday would I now…

Trying Really, Really Hard to Be Thankful…

This weekend in Canada, we celebrate Thanksgiving. I love thanksgiving. Every year, my heart feels full of thankfulness.  I feel thankful as we dig into turkey and some delicious dessert my friend has baked from scratch.  I feel thankful on top of the ferris wheel at the Rockton Fair as I think “What joy there…