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We Consume Food with Gratitude and Reverence

We Consume Food with Gratitude and Reverence

Children love to hand out food to others: snacks to guests, pizza slices to classmates, treats to puppies, and seeds to birds. The delight on children’s faces when they pass food around expresses the awareness that we are all programmed to share our basic human needs,...

Our Journey Through Grief During the Holidays

Our Journey Through Grief During the Holidays

Because Christmas is near, ‘triggers’ may currently be playing an important role in our grief journey. Empty spaces that were once filled with the bright presence of our Loved One may now be filled with sadness.These triggers can be associated with many of our senses,...

HOW WE TELL, OR WRITE, A WAR STORY

HOW WE TELL, OR WRITE, A WAR STORY

As Remembrance Day approaches, our honour, gratitude and respect for those who fought for all of us erupts in a huge surge of love. By capturing our ancestor’s war experiences – or someone who is still alive today – we help to breathe life into history texts, and we...

FUNDRAISING: WE TAKE SMALL STEPS FOR GIANT CAUSES

FUNDRAISING: WE TAKE SMALL STEPS FOR GIANT CAUSES

Fundraising! The word alone can stress one out because of all the emotions relating to it –‘soliciting’ ‘commitment’ ‘organization’ ‘rejection.’ But we do believe in fundraising. We want to give; we really do. We all have a cause, or various causes, that we care...