I’m coming back to reality after one week of a complete connection reevaluation. For me, “connecting” usually means plugging in. It means networking online. It means writing and reading and commenting. It meant none of those things this past week. I unplugged from the internet and engaged fully with my family. As we drive home…
Archives for 2013
What Your Blogger-Wife Wants For Christmas
She goes to bed after you’ve fallen asleep because she’s on the computer “blogging” (alternative reading: “on Facebook”). She dresses your kids up and puts them in fake scenarios so that she can have an appropriate picture for a post she’s working on. She doesn’t let you taste the freshly baked cookies until she’s taken…
There’s Something About Mary
This is my piece that appeared in the Canadian Baptist Advent Reader. If you aren’t already, I would encourage you to finish your Advent season with this compilation of Advent reflections. You can access the book free and online here. In art, Mary is usually depicted as a young beauty draped in blue. Her head is…
Supported
There was a lot that I wasn’t sure of before I started my journey with Team and Training. Fundraising? Yeah, I wasn’t sure about that. At all. Running with people? Also intimidating. Coaches? Well, I think I have to elaborate here to tell you how I feel about that. The best and worst thing about…
How to Bring Home a Real Christmas Tree When You’ve Never Had One Before
Did you know that people want articles on Christmas trees? I know, right? I had no idea – until I was the one Googling “How early can I get a real Christmas tree?” and “How tall should my Christmas tree be?” and “How to care for a Christmas tree” and “How to get your Christmas…
How to Wait: Resources for Advent
December is here, which means we’re finally in the season of Advent. While it was killer as a kid, I totally love the practice of preparing in the waiting. Christmas is never just about the one day of celebration but it is about all that build up, too. And despite growing up in the faith,…
The Black Stain
Canadians are well aware of today’s relevance in the American calendar. We have American friends celebrating Thanksgiving today, (Happy Thanksgiving, friends!), emails, usually deleted with a smile and an eye-roll, are coming to our inbox wishing us Canadians a “Happy Thanksgiving”, and Black Friday has rolled out to Canada, ensuring that I have been glued…
Book Review: The Rosie Project
I have to admit to writing my reviews a little bit out of order. I read The Rosie Project way back in September, right after reading Love Anthony. The reason why this fact is important is because I have been gobsmacked all year over the continuity between each new book I pick up. (Also, to…
Book Review: Me Before You
I have found it: A book that is in contention for being one of my favourite books read in 2013. It will undeniably be in my Top 3, up there beside The Light Between Oceans and The Husband’s Secret (review to come in the coming months). It was a book that I could not put…
Your Last Day To Sign Up for the Virtual 5K is…
I have a really exciting and important announcement! After much discussion with Greta, we’ve decided to extend the race and the sign-up time for The Dynamic Duel Canada vs USA Virtual 5K. (click the image to sign up!) We wanted to give you one more weekend to run, because we saw how many people were…
Race Bibs Revealed
I am so grateful for all of the sign ups that we have had so far for The Dynamic Duel Canada vs USA Virtual 5K. At time of writing this post, Team USA is ahead by 5 registrations. (It doesn’t need to stay like that though! Get your registrations in, Canadians!). I told you last…