Unexpected Gift
The education I’m getting as a supporter/advocate/sherpa for a cancer patient is beyond my imagination. On Friday, though, it brought me a delightful little perk.
…International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day – On Being Liked
On this International Women’s Day, I suggest to you, my sisters, that we need to stop worrying about being liked. I stopped some time ago.
…A Ford, A Woman and a Tulip
The “progressive” part of the Ontario Progressive Conservatives was removed from their name on the weekend. What a mess. The Liberals were the real winners of the PC leadership debacle that elected Doug Ford. …
Be Bold For Change
The title of today’s post is the theme for this day, International Women’s Day 2017. Sometimes special, designated days like this one seem to miss their connection to the common person, in this case, women. It feels as if we’re being asked to make a giant personal sacrifice, start a movement, take up arms – figuratively – while we’re busy living our lives and doing our best. For every Norma Rae, there are thousands of other women who recognized that Norma was onto something when she pushed for a union to get better wages and working conditions in their sweatshop of a textile plant. Their actions mattered too. Sometimes it’s the little things like setting a good example, that best exemplify who we are as women. …
A Whale of a Time
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