Today is Victoria Day in Canada. It's a wonderful holiday here in the great white north. Usually thought of, and set aside as the day (or weekend) you officially should put your garden in and clean up the dead, gross stuff in your yard from the harsh, cold winter. And for those of us without …
Spring – A Time for Renewal and a Restart
It happens every year. Yes it's true, every year! Spring, happens. Not necessarily earth-shattering news. Well I hope not anyway. While there are some times when it feels like spring will never arrive, (like this year), I can guarantee that it will definitely arrive, eventually. How and when is usually a mystery. Especially up here …
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Bell Let’s Talk – Or Listen
Well the day has swung around again. It's Bell Let's Talk day. Bell Let's Talk is a day set aside in Canada to give attention to and fundraiser for mental health, since it began in 2010. Today, Bell will donate more towards mental health initiatives in Canada by contributing 5¢ for every applicable text, call, …
Careful – You Won’t Look at Things the Same Way
Have you ever started looking for something new to buy? Maybe like a vehicle. After you start to research, walking through car lots and going for test drives, you begin to see just how many people around you, own the model you are looking at. Before you started looking, you didn't think there were many …
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Advocacy – When You Have No More
The last thing you want to do after you have a cancer diagnosis is put the energy in to fighting to get another doctor. At least I didn't. But cancer round two was my opportunity. I very quickly realized that the oncologist that I was working with, or more realistically fighting with, was not the …
Gratitude – Writing it Down
Writing things down is so effective. Right? Do you agree? Being grateful is also effective. Right? Do you agree? What about writing down what you are grateful for? What about creating a gratitude journal? Aagghh journaling. I can hear you groaning. Yes, you. Groaning. Don't worry I groaned too. Journaling is one thing I have …
Checking In – How Is It Really Going
It has been 7 months since I started this blog. WOW!! Hard to believe, really. How has it been going? Good question. Hhhmmmm how do I answer that? It's been an up and down journey for sure. I guess I would start out by saying just the fact that I am still going is success …
Thoughts – From a Cancer Clinic
After spending the years from age 16 to age 38 being in and out of various cancer clinics countless times, I've had one or two (or more) thoughts from a cancer clinic. Thoughts about the cancer clinic and thoughts about people in the clinic. Probably too many thoughts to share here in a my blog, …
Reset – Sometimes We All Need One
Have you ever taken time for a reset? You might wonder what exactly does a reset mean? Well I think that is really something that means different things to different people, but I will make an attempt to clarify. Hopefully clear it up, a little bit at least. I have gone through a recent reset, …
Tiptoe – Just On The Edge
Do you ever feel like you are just on the edge of something? Something great? Something new? Something exciting? I have felt that way for a few years. Just felt like I was just on the edge of something that will change my life. But even in that excitement of something new and life changing, …
Melodee Glassford 