Shadow of Doubt
One of my least favorite traits, and one I really need to shake off as I move forward, is the unwelcome but ubiquitous umbrella of self-doubt that sometimes creeps up Continue Reading →
Category Archives: allaboutme
What’s on the Other Side?
The other day, Shawn asked me what I want to be on “the other side of all this.” I said I didn’t know yet. I mean, the first word that Continue Reading →
Green Camouflage
I’m not Irish and I don’t think there’s even Irish in the family line. Victoria isn’t well known for its Irish community, either. Still, when St. Patrick’s Day rolls around, Continue Reading →
Year of Yes
A friend recently completed a “year of yes” — I watched from a safe distance across social media channels as he bravely took steps outside his comfort zone, attending events, Continue Reading →
When the Walls Closed In
Depression for me was not something I recognized until I was on the other side of it. Looking back, I can see when it started, although I still can’t quite Continue Reading →
Personalizing My (New) World
Last weekend, I took down the loft bed that was still in the front bedroom/office, removed the desk (and the computer that was sitting on it), and put Kiddo’s old Continue Reading →
Spiritual Asphalt
Recently, on a particularly crappy day, I was returning from a meeting and happened to pass a table set up by the Catholic students’ group on campus; they had a Continue Reading →
Activate!
In 2011, the Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines were revised — this is what resulted in a lot of media panic over kids’ inactivity; the recommendations stated that kids should be Continue Reading →
Tappa Tappa Tappa
I watched Kill Your Darlings last night, and have been listening to run-on-sentence-filled beat poetry today at work while scanning a typewritten journal from 1946-47 (pictured above) in which the Continue Reading →
Stash Management
Guess I’m no lady, then, because I’m about to chat about exactly that. One of the things I had planned to do even before everything changed this year was to Continue Reading →