My husband and I spent yesterday evening trying to calculate when he must have graduated from middle school. And when I say “we spent yesterday evening,” I mean the entire evening. We took breaks to get snacks and to watch an episode of The Three-Body Problem, so we’d feel a bit...

Relaxed on the sunny sidewalk, perched dead-center on a 3x2 meter sheet of white plastic, hands and clothing covered in neon pink paint, I found my mind wandering to all the moments of my life that had led to this set and setting. You see, at the recent movie night...

Spring break is a great time for me to take a breather after a busy school term and to re-organize parts of my life that have become a little frayed. During the school year, there's not much time or energy to be spent doing those deep cleaning tasks that...

I have spent the last week working on the concept of having, or being in a relationship and remaining in the 'now.' This is not a simple concept because we depend on our story, what happened in the past, our expectations of the future, where we are from, our...

So I sat down in front of my computer to write this week’s column, but all of my open tabs sort of called to me, and I started going through them instead. You guys.  There are so many things to do when you have one kid in Grade 12...

As you go through your day, it's wonderful to start off by being still. The day will begin, and there's a kind of quiet in the morning where you can be present to the rising sun. And if you can step outside simply to be in the presence of...

I must admit that I’ve always been a bit of an anxious parent. I always had this nagging feeling that something terrible would happen if I didn’t worry. I can’t tell you to this day what I thought worrying would accomplish, but at 3 am, that didn’t seem to...

As you go through your day, in your interactions with people, notice two aspects of yourself. When given the opportunity to speak, there is a part of you that will speak quickly. When given the opportunity to react, that part will react quickly. That is not really you. That...

by David P Carroll It's Saint Patrick's Day andEveryone is Irish todayAnd we'll have some fun along the way Green shamrocks and a colorful rainbowIn the clear blue skyAnd the shiny pots of gold are in sightAnd we'll sing and danceAll through Saint Patrick's night From San SebastianTo El Tuito and to...

When I was a kid--well, a smaller, relatively hairless kid--one of my more astute schoolteachers dared ask what the lot of us wanted to be when we grew up. Standard answers abounded: a future firefighter here, an aspiring athlete there, a couple of doctors in the second row, a...