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What is the #1 Reason for a Hospital ER Visit?

Before you read any further, what would you say are the top ten reasons for visiting a hospital emergency room? SURVEY SAYS… There’s a little game we play in our household, called ‘Survey Says’. The name of course is ripped off from the game show on TV but we tend to have a good amount … Read more

Flu Panic

You have likely noticed… the flu season seems to go year-round now. Fall used to be the seasonal onset here in Canada and the Northern Hemisphere, but that’s changed. Flu is no longer just seasonal. Depending on the year, even after the fall vaccine blitz, there are outbreaks of flu. In January 2013 in Calgary … Read more

Mushroom Soup for the Soul

What’s your favorite soup? The book would have us believe that it is chicken soup, which is good, but the favorite in this household is mushroom, hands down. And the mushroom soup is my own recipe—not from the can. Being a 21st century grandma, making mushroom soup from scratch is my own little form of … Read more

Your Year: In One Word

Just wondering…has your email inbox been flooded with ‘how to reflect on the past year’, ‘how to create for the New Year’, ask yourself this, ask yourself that? There are so many amazing folks out there writing and offering so many great suggestions for creating awareness and consciousness. I truly loved all the suggestions but … Read more

A Light in the Dark

If someone were to ask you, Where does it hurt? What would you tell them? If someone were to ask you, How did you make the hurt go away? What would you say? If someone were to ask you, Does it ever get better? What would you tell them? Come with me. Listen. Words have … Read more

Hope in the Darkest of Times

“Life has been a series of some very unusual circumstances this past week. I know I am not alone. Although the carol says, ” ’tis the season to be jolly”! It should maybe be sung instead to the words “ ’tis the season to be human’. I was scanning through to see what I wrote … Read more

Too Much Ho Ho Ho Merry Merry!

Can holidays be too much of a good thing? Within the last three months of the calendar years, those of us living in North America, have three ‘big’ holidays – Thanksgiving, Halloween and then Christmas. During my parenting years, we added two birthdays in that same three months! Despite the frigid temperatures, I looked forward … Read more