On Facebook recently, someone posted a request to tell about something good that happened to you recently ( Read more... )

A great thing happened to me in the past few years. It’s something that has completely re-written my story on a day to day basis, and made me stronger and calmer and happier ( Read more... )

I just realized that in 3 weeks I'll be a student again ( Read more... )

“You are not a mistake. You are not a problem to be solved. But you won't discover this until you are willing to stop banging your head against the wall of shaming and caging and fearing yourself."
― Geneen Roth, Women, Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost EverythingIt's truly incredible to me - when I actually sit and think about it which is ( Read more... )

I have something I’ve been trying to come to terms with, and it’s this: I’m happier being single ( Read more... )

All next week, I'll be based in Port Alberni to take part in a huge multi-jurisdictional earthquake exercise. It's basically to get all the partners together across the province, as well as nationally and in the U.S. and "play" at what would happen if there were a major earthquake. How would the response go, where are the gaps, how do we need to ( Read more... )

So I've decided to start using LJ again, because as a writer I prefer the longer format. Plus, I find the world of sound bytes on social media a little exhausting overall. Plus, even if almost no one reads them, I love the feeling of writing longer pieces, even about nothing. I do it a lot in my own journal, but it's nice to be able to do it here ( Read more... )

I was chatting to a friend the other night about that time so many people hit where they think "life did not turn out the way I expected it would." I was telling her that it's a good thing and not something that should disappoint her too much ( Read more... )

Things continue to be great. I'm in a time of change...nothing specific, but I can feel change coming. I think I'm naturally geared toward change, and I never remain stagnant for long. I can feel myself needing to push to new things, and I really enjoy it. So I'm going to see what that looks like ( Read more... )

Why on earth do I insist on reading mystery novels during the week? I know it's a bad idea...staying up until the wee hours to read just "one more chapter ( Read more... )