Monthly Archives: January 2018

Me Matters

The turn was sharp, the passageway narrow. I was just making the turn when an man, about my age, grunted in frustration behind me. I then heard him leave, hurry around the side and enter the back entrance. There were two tables left, he took the corner table, I aimed for the one next to […]

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A Dangerous Thing

Joe and I are members of a ‘walking club’ at the mall. Our mall has two levels, and it’s 1.4k to do the top and .6k to do the bottom. We joined in July of last year and have tried to get over and do the circuit a few times a month. We stopped by […]

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Summertime

On ‘the lecture’ that broke my career wide open and boosted my lecturing from evenings in church basements to giving presentations at conferences and seminars I ended up making an enemy. There were three of us presenting and I was to go last. We’d met a couple of times and I was finding it hard […]

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Can’t But Do

Yesterday we woke into a morning that was -38° when the wind chill was factored in. It was a day where we had planned to go to the gym and to do some other errands. We had breakfast slowly, each knowing that when it was over, it was time to go. It took force of […]

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The Sad Pooper

Outside right now it -34°. Yes, you read that right. It’s so cold that I can’t push my chair in my regular gloves, I use another pair that, because of the lining inside of them, is harder to grip on my wheels. The dust from all the salt gets on my gloves and on my […]

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What I hope to see in 2018

Written by Cathy Grant   Federal Accessible Act as well as the BC Accessible Act we need this badly. The protocol from the UN to be sign, we also need this badly. Last but not the least, is Nicholas or John Horgan to help us with my FOI to get the actual documents that we […]

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I Believe in Unicorns

Image description: Poster for a Mardi Gras party, will be described in the post below.   When people do it right, they do it right.I was sent this image last night and was stunned by the overt, intentional, inclusivity. I don’t see it often and may never this clear. The three people pictured,, one dressed […]

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Special Olympics December 2017 Newsletter

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward TABLE OF CONTENTS • December 2017 Newsletter • SOBC year-end newsletter available now • Giving the gift of sport this holiday season • Excitement building for 2018 at Team BC Training Squad camps • Freezin’ for a reason with Polar Plunge for SOBC events in 2018 • […]

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BC Special Olympics November 2017 Newsletter

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward TABLE OF CONTENTS • November 2017 Newsletter • Sports Celebrities Festival helps make the impossible possible • Give the gift of sport this Giving Tuesday • Team BC 2018 Training Squad kicking off camps • SOBC members shine at SOC award ceremony, gala • RBC Foundation helping […]

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Special Olympics B.C. Newsletter October 2017

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward TABLE OF CONTENTS • October 2017 Newsletter • Sports Celebrities Festival one week away • SOBC’s Paige Norton, Donna Bilous win 2017 Special Olympics Canada National Awards • SOBC Healthy Athletes Screening Day hits Nanaimo November 4 • Functional testing fun coming to Richmond November 7 • […]

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