I love you because …
Few of us ever tell the people we love exactly why we love them. Sure, we may list a few reasons, but we rarely give too much detail. The same was tr...
It is What it is
Sheila Tynan was diagnosed with ALS in late 2011. She decided to write about her journey with ALS in a blog. While her blog is about ALS, it is real...
Sheila
Sheila was passionate about life and that passion showed in her smile - a really joyful, happy to be here with you, smile. That smile refl...
Music Therapy Hits the Right Notes
If you want proof that music has the ability to enhance anybody's life, regardless of age, watch this. These seniors live in the Extendicare Starwood ...
There at the End
"Being with my mother when she died was one of the most beautiful experiences of my life." Dorothy Craig - Nursing Home Volunteer
"...to be there, o...
Hundreds of Hundreds
What would have a greater impact on your life - giving a stranger a hundred dollar bill or having a stranger give you that bill?
For a few people, ...
Where Violence Begins
by Rachel MacNair
The planetarium presentation, as usual, was beautiful. Yet there was a disquieting aspect to language used. Stars were dying. Why no...
Living in A Nursing Home – Perception versus Reality
The only time you will likely read anything positive about a long-term-care home, or as it is more often called, a nursing home, is in the obits. Eve...
To See Ourselves …
Her name is Gladys. Without thinking about it, what is the first thing you notice about her? How would you describe her?
What will you remember?
Wh...
At the Root of the Problem
By Heather Amos
Trees may have trouble growing in changing environments
For the past two decades, forest scientists have been predicting that tree...
Species at Risk – Wild Medicinal Plants
For the benefit of the plant communities, wild animals, harvesters, farmers, consumers, manufacturers, retailers and practitioners, United Plant Saver...
Bent Line Cartoons by Karen Munro-Caple
Karen Munro-Caple is a respected Registered Massage Therapist and graphic artist / cartoonist who has a unique, and very funny, take on her world. Rea...
Astro-photography
Astronomy has been a passion of mine since age 10. I lived in Amsterdam then and it was too light polluted, but when we moved to Hoogeveen, a smaller ...
