Image Description: The words JUST ASK written on what looks to be the side of a crumpled paper bag. Everything is fine. I am well. Except for a cold. I’m going to write about a conversation with my doctor and every time I mention seeing the doctor I receive emails from people asking […]
I’ve seen a few stories around, heartwarming of course, about either groups of kids or an individual child taking a protective role for a kid with a disability in a school or classroom who is being bullied. I’m not going to highlight any particular story because I don’t want to be seen as critical of […]
Image description: Deadpool without his mask We loved Deadpool. We thought it was a wildly funny movie and thought that Ryan Reynolds’ performance made the movie. I found, in a movie that was all violence, wise cracks and wink wink humour, that there was a moment of profound truth. I didn’t expect, going […]
Image description: A photo of a moment in the movie where Margaret is being pushed in her wheelchair by Alan. Joe and I decided to see The Lady in the Van on Family Day, which is a February holiday in many parts of Canada, and we knew we’d have to go early to […]
Image description: Side view of a man, with an obvious cold, he has tissue at his nose and a tear running from his eye. I have a cold. I’ve had it for the whole long weekend. My nose is clogged, I’ve gone through a few ton of tissue and as a result my […]
Today, in Ontario, and various other parts of Canada, it’s a holiday. The real reason the government instituted another stat holiday was because our Februarys are so bleak that we all needed a day off to both lighten and brighten our souls. The day, here, is called ‘Family Day.’ This was instituted to celebrate families. […]
Image description: Dave and Joe standing beside each other, August 1997 The box arrived in the mail. It came unexpectedly only because I had forgotten that my parents, several months before, had said that they were going to be sending a bunch of stuff our way. They were downsizing and wanted me to […]
Image description: In typewriter font, and in capital letters the statement, “THE WORLD IS MINE” I didn’t notice, at first, how distressed she was. I had tried to get into the pharmacy to do some shopping but it was impossible. There were a lot of people there, standing in line for the cashier, who […]
It’s always a shock, isn’t it? No matter how much you time you spend preparing, you can’t. Death comes, always, to the unprepared. He was a man that I worked with many years ago. I came to know him and his family well, his staff, ever changing over the years, always knew of our continuing […]
Image description: The word ‘HARD’ in black and white block letters This will take some describing. We were unable to get a picture because it was so freaking cold! I’d gotten out of the car and had turned my manual chair to face the door we would enter. As I mentioned in an earlier […]
