Where the Prairies meet the Ocean

I am not really sure what to say. Chris did not get a permanent contract after his probationary contract this year, even though he put 110% ...

Lizzy is having a nap on the bed so I am going to write. When I went to help Dad this morning, Mom and I got talking about the state of the ...

I am just sitting at Southpoint Honda in Calgary waiting for our lemon of an Odessy van to get some recalled parts switched and the brakes l...

I am not feeling overly motivated to write today but I am hearing the kids play playmobile (they got a pirate set for Christmas) in the back...

 Writing is therapy for me. I mean, I have gone to counseling several times before but writing helps me as well.  I am struggling and feel l...

It has been a busy Fall so far and a rather temperate Fall at that. The flies were not too bad this year (or we are just getting used to the...

 It was a beautiful summer! We had a lot of rain in the spring and the crops were beautiful and the grass was green all summer. But it still...

We received a big blessing last Thursday! After having an interview last Tuesday and with much prayer and fasting, Chris got offered a proba...

Chris and I had the opportunity to take the kids to General Conference this spring. I worked Easter weekend and the kids had their visit fro...

 Dear Chris, I just want to tell you about an experience that happened to me yesterday. Actually, I already told you. I just want to write i...

Dear Chris, I don't think you read this blog often so I am not sure why I keep writing you here but I do. I feel the weight of the world...

Dear Chris, More tender mercies happened. I was mandated to work a night shift last night (after my evening shift) as the night nurse called...

 Dear Chris, I miss you, so I am blogging as though I am writing you.  Well, I am here at work, a bit early and ready to start my evening sh...

I am an empathetic person. A friend of mine once called me an empath. I feel things deeply. I feel the trials of others as though they are m...

I am writing alot lately. But I just needed to express my gratitude this morning! I have been thinking alot about the women in my life. My m...

I like country music. It is always the music I go back too after hopping from 80s to 90s to classical to modern. I have to admit, classical ...

It was a great Christmas! It just went too fast. I picked up 5 shifts and worked my regular 3. I shouldn't have picked up so much. I reg...

Work was hard yesterday. No one died or got incredibly sick. But I had to send a patient off to acute psych. He had been at our center for 2...

It is a beautiful Thursday morning (Dec 14th). The 4 oldest are at school so it is just Elizabeth (3 years old) and me at home. She is playi...

Well, where to begin. Chris started a new job on September 18th at a Catholic school in Drumheller. Since he did not get the job in Claresho...

I am tired today. We all are. We went to the Zoo yesterday. It was hot out - about 36 degrees. But we were prepared. We had water bottles, m...