Tag: spirituality
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Evolution of my self
OM Times Magazine states that personal evolution is a change of perspective. How one’s beliefs, self-image and self-knowledge affect us emotionally, mentally and spiritually is determined by testing new knowledge through experience and turning it into wisdom. This said, this past year I’ve been going through a lot of re-evaluation of so many things in my life. Never […]
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Walking down the Camino memory lane
During the last 4 years, March has been a month of preparation for my Camino journeys. Three times have I found myself packing, repacking, shopping for new items, retiring older items and dreaming about the upcoming magical journey that is the walking on the Camino de Santiago. This year is a stay-at-home year. My last Camino […]
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Of Poppies, Denise and Joy
April the 5th next month will mark the one year of my sister Denise’s passing. Much has happened since then, and although we’ve managed well through the various celebrations, all with much remembering, some tears and many smiles, there are still days that pull me into the grieving bubble. I feel it’s a bubble because it […]
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Keeping his spirit alive
January 21, 1970 – I don’t remember much about the actual day other than my brother Paul and I were in our big bed with my sister Monique who was asked to tell us about Dad’s passing. I can’t remember if Mom was in the house, or at the hospital but I remember the actual […]
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The Ripples of our Actions
Perhaps you have heard of the butterfly effect The name of the effect is derived from the metaphorical example of the details of a hurricane (exact time of formation, exact path taken) being influenced by minor perturbations such as the flapping of the wings of a distant butterfly several weeks earlier. I truly believe that our actions create reactions, […]
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A very special hat
It has been in my possession for decades. In itself, it speaks to someone’s career in the Royal Canadian Air Force. I imagine it was part of quite a career. It was retired along with its owner in 1966 and now, even though the fabric is somewhat fragile it is to me a symbol of a […]
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The Power of a Song
“Perhaps it is how we are made; perhaps words of truth reach us best through the heart, and stories and songs are the language of the heart” ― Stephen R. Lawhead Music and songs have always been an integral part of my life. I can figure out where I was and what I was doing […]
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Even after 44 years
I tell people I live a charmed life. I have a strong sibling family, I am mother to two beautiful and loving daughters, I am a wife a giving and wonderful the man who stayed at home with the girls and provided them with stability at home (when it was very rare to see a […]
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The countdown begins
Three weeks from now I shall be heading to Spain to begin my third Camino de Santiago journey, walking in honour of my oldest sister Denise who left us after many years of struggling with health challenges. When I walked my first and second Caminos, Denise followed my every post with much support and a […]