Halifax weather has been really helpful lately if you come from the mindset that absence makes the heart grow fonder. Today it was time to finally take advantage of beautiful weather and hit the beach. We’ve had remarkably few beach weather days so far this summer, and almost all of them have been spent making … Read more
Does it take a 2*4 to the head, in the form of a major disappointment, to get me to take the risk? It would seem to be so. I’ve talked about, dreamed about, planned about making a big dream a reality, only to back down and not follow-through many, many a time. Now it’s taken … Read more
After missing so many weeks of writing blog posts, it’s time to make it happen. Perhaps looking at what’s been happening recently will help me to get motivated/inspired or simply able to take action! Life has gotten really busy, and there is a lot of progress worth noting: we continue the quest to sell our … Read more
Sometimes, no matter how hard you work to avoid a certain outcome, it just happens anyway. I’ve been on this journey for what seems like an eternity, and yet here I find myself again. Ultimately I believe the answer is right there in front of me, but it’s a big risk, and there always seem … Read more
(*Read installment #1 here: To Hell & Back: Bullying at Primary School) Grade Seven was the worst experience of my childhood. When we moved to small-town, rural Nova Scotia we were looking forward to being closer to “home” so-to-speak. Being a “Forces’ kid”, there really was no one place we called home. Given that my … Read more
More International Women’s Day, Marilyn Moore (Minister responsible for the Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women): From 365