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Someone near and dear to my heart asked me to write this blog.  So here it goes Dotane, this bud’s for you as the beer commercial says.  There are times in our lives we need to re-group or even re-build.  That’s when we need to get back to basics.
This year I’ve had family members; friends [...]

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I find it quite fascinating that the majority of people I have encountered over my lifetime either don’t apologize or do it so badly (which is almost worse).  Apologizing is incredibly powerful if done properly and for the right reasons.  The husband who is “sorry” in a churlish tone to try and move on from [...]

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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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I‘ve been sick for 12 days now, started coughing up a lung Sunday before last; this after being sick over Christmas holidays.  I am not impressed.  After not missing a single day of work last year, I’m stuck at home with a fever and cough so severe I couldn’t sleep, eight days of increasing fever, [...]

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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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When I was a young woman in the 70’s, Domtar would not even accept my application as an Order Desk clerk because I wasn’t a man.  Only men could work on the order desk.  I would have liked to sue them but I don’t think you could in those days.  I do remember being shocked [...]

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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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Do you have a pot or utensil you’ve had forever?  I do.  I was using a “pressure cooker” tonight.  I’m sure that many of you don’t even know what that is.  It is a pot with a gasket that seals in the liquid with a weight on the top.  When the pressure builds up, it [...]

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