On our way to our hotel this weekend we received an email from our hotel telling us that the room we booked wasn’t available but that they had another accessible room, a smaller one, that we would be able to use. The email gave a phone number we could call, so, I did. I […]
Plan Institute, Disability Alliance of BC, and the British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society have united to launch a new program designed to help British Columbians with disabilities learn about and access tax benefits that will help them save for the future. As part of this initiative, Plan Institute is distributing a one-time $150 gift to help low-income […]
I was pushing my way towards the movie we were going to see. Joe was in the line up getting tea. The carpet was plush and I was getting a real workout for my shoulders. I could feel that my thumbs were getting tired from the heavy pushing. But I’m enjoying taking the challenge and […]
Hi my name is Bailey Kendell Foulds I am 22 years old . After high school I came to the Garth Homer Society. I started in the Discovery program. I had so much fun at Discovery I already knew someone and I also met so many friends and the staff in Discovery are so nice […]
Today is Thanksgiving Monday, a day off, and I’m here in the United States where it’s Columbus day, a day off. I’ve been sitting here thinking about what to write today as I’ve been thinking about Thanksgiving and living a life of more intentional gratitude. But then, I keep getting struck about how hard this […]
Abide by these food safety rules for peace of mind during Thanksgiving, from prepping the feast to packing up the leftovers. There don’t have to be a lot of rules around Thanksgiving — it’s a time for mixing tradition and time-tested recipes with experimentation and flavor exploration. Even still, when you’re preparing a large quantity […]
It is Thanksgiving Sunday here in Canada. It’s a day that has interesting roots. The very first Thanksgiving in Canada, according the the historians at Wikipedia, was in 1578 during the search for the Northwest Passage. Martin Frobisher and crew had a very difficult time of it what with the ice and the storms that […]
Yesterday we went, again, to the patio where we like to have a tea. It was another lovely warm October afternoon. I spotted a table with a chair, empty and waiting for me. I scooted ahead and pulled in beside the table. Joe had asked me to go on ahead because he wanted to pop […]
It was a surprisingly warm day for October. Joe and I decided that we’d head over to our favourite place to have tea, a shop with a very small patio. We lucked out and got a table. Joe went in and got our drinks and we set about chatting and people watching. It was […]
We were at an arcade and Ruby had challenged me to a game of air hockey. I’ve not played in years. I found that being in a wheelchair I didn’t have the reach necessary to be able to play well and, frankly, I didn’t have the endurance either to be up, leaning forward and reaching […]
