As I was running with my dog Lucky yesterday, the sweet smell of alfalfa, or something like it, reminded me of my Grandpa, a hard working farmer with calloused hands and a work ethic like nobody I have ever known. I remember holding his hand as a little girl wondering why his hands were so rough. They were calloused from long working days in the field providing for his family. Whether it was -40 degrees celcius or +40 degrees celcius he would be up at 5:30 am and most lik

Children usually feel grief and pain in their bodies. After my oldest son died of cancer, my younger son complained about stomach aches and body aches because he was unable to process his deep emotional pain. As parents, we need to know how to move them through pain and trauma so their emotional pain is processed and does not manifest in unhealthy ways later on in life. In counselling sessions, I often have children draw a heart. After drawing their heart, I ask them to give

In the age of texting and social media overload, there is an overall sense of loneliness and dissatisfication with life I think. People are communicating continually, but I am worried we are forgetting how to be intimate and relational. We cannot possibly understand what is happening in peoples' lives through facebook. We have to share our lives with each other, not just talk about them. I am saddened by how many parents I see on their phones at the park, or on outings wit