My Life

I try to bring to my readers insight into what I’ve learned and experienced over my lifetime.  This week I will recount how I screwed up, what I did about it and how I felt about it.
This week was a very up and down week.  There were great emotional highs and lows like a roller [...]

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The subject of this post is the following statement and all the possible permutations it could cover.  I heard it this week and it got me to thinking.
“I think entirely too much but hey that’s what you want me to do right?”
The context is that if you are afraid to do what you want you [...]

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OMG can I really be here; after all my promises to myself that I wouldn’t let it happen again?
Why is it I am so disciplined in every other area of my life but endlessly struggle to maintain my weight?  I am not blessed with a fast metabolism but I certainly don’t have any physical reason [...]

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This week I ventured to the capital of the United States, Washington DC.  I took a flight from Montreal to Dulles International on a Regional Jet.  Since I was an employee of an airline for 20 years, I have experienced my share of turbulence over the years but never like this.  About halfway through the [...]

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Today I said good bye to my friend Ben Dagenais.  Last Tuesday he literally dropped dead at work.  No efforts to revive him helped and he died Tuesday afternoon when he suffered a fatal heart attack while walking up the stairs after lunch.
This was shocking to all of us who loved him.  He has a [...]

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The most valuable gift you can give a loved one is to join them on their final journey and walk beside them during this time.  It is devastating to hear that a dear friend or loved one is terminally ill.  It is frightening and painful and it even makes us think about our own morality.  [...]

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This weekend we drove to Ottawa to make dinner for family and friends, pick up Christmas presents for other people and visit a dear friend in the hospital.  Although it was incredibly tempting to stay home, read, relax and watch my Christmas tree twinkling, we went on our way and have just returned and I’m [...]

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As I complete my Christmas list, I wanted to share with you some thoughts on how to cope if you are the conductor of your family’s orchestra (code name for Mother).  With only 14 days before Christmas, many of you have not completed your shopping, baking, volunteering or whatever else is part of your holiday [...]

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To get to a certain age as I have, I’ve had many many teachers.  It is time to acknowledge their contribution to who I am.  We are guided by many hands and hearts along the way.   We can learn by both positive and negative experiences.  What to do and what not to do.
From my Mum [...]

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