It's a Canadian tradition. However, it's a rare treat in this part of Canada. It has to be cold enough (which it often isn...

Our three boys each had a special bear when they were little. Security blankets, if you will.  They went with them everywhere. The bear...

Each of o ur three boys ha s graduated from high s chool. Emma is the only one left for m e to teach. I'm working myself out of a...

The boys did it again . Last month, they drove clear across our Province and  settled themselves in the heart of bear country. And, c...

It seems to have happened overnight. While I was looking the other way.... ...Fraser went from a three-foot-nothing cutie pie.... ...

It's all because of Howie. And, I love him for it.  Just one of the reasons. If it were left up to me, our children might never gro...

It's inevitable.  It cannot be stopped. Our children grow and change and become independent. Or, they ought to.  And, we ought to fa...

Calvin and Fraser began their journey into the far reaches of the British Columbian wilderness   on August 4th ~ it was Fraser's bi...

Austin was baptized  two and a half years ago, and we rejoiced in the goodness of our Great God. Then, six months later,  Calvin was bap...

Fourteen.  Our Fraser is fourteen! It only seems to my Mama heart to be such a short time ago that the Lord loving placed him in our h...

On the Eve of a New Year, we pause to reflect. We remember the Goodness of our Great God. We look back on *good* days and *bad*. And through...

Howie came up with a great idea awhile back. The idea? To allow the children each a twenty-minute block of time to share with the rest of us...