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This is how you’ll know if you’re rich

by 25 January 2026
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I was at a friend’s cottage. Scorching Summer days, humid nights, funny hat games and communal cooking. Separate bunkies for different friend groups. A true Canadian tradition.  On this particular …

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Where I saw God’s face today

by 9 November 2025
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Back in 2013, I wrote this to my mom: Mom, I have thought about wanting to do this for a while. I want to take a picture every day of …

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Please listen

by 31 January 2025
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Body, please listen to my heart and not my mind. A wish for you and me.

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For the boy with a hole in his heart

by 14 March 2024
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He told me once he had a hole in his heart. I think it was more than one. For every time he lied. He cheated. He used to fill it. …

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Into the woods

by 20 October 2023
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You know those stories you hear that never quite leave you? The ones that unexpectedly shape your life forever without your ever fully realizing why at the time? This is …

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Path with a heart

by 28 March 2012
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A young person just starting her career spoke to me recently about feeling as though she was not “on her right path”. I hear this a lot. I wish I …

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Incomplete

by 14 March 2012
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This is by far the best description I have ever heard about a marriage ending. Why a relationship fails is based entirely on an inability to be truly intimate and …

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Ode to a friend

by 12 March 2012
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For my best friend, Here are the lyrics to Jann Arden’s “Ode to a friend”. Adore. I don’t mind if you stay longer You have not been any trouble I …

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Insecurities

by 9 March 2012
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Insecurity is merely a reflection of what you are least proud of that you have already done and are afraid will be done to you (instead of by you). You …

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Job opening: Translators required

by 2 March 2012
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Every person’s gift allows them to see the divine and then translate it for those who can’t see exactly what they do. We are all translators of the divine. We …

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What makes us different, weird or ‘alien’ – once harnessed – is precisely what makes us extraordinary. This blog is a loving attempt to celebrate and encourage you to unleash your own special brand of alien for the extraordinary benefit of the world. Learn more about the origins of the blog here. Contact me here.

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