Just a thought… You don’t start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it’s good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That’s why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence. [Octavia E. Butler] Thank you for coming in to spend some time today – and every day.
Just a thought… If you get, give. If you learn, teach. [Maya Angelou] The late Maya Angelou’s birthday is April 4, same as Rob’s. So that quote seemed fitting, even two days after his. Another quarantine family birthday to mark today: my little sister Leslie, who just finished a gruelling course to reboot her life
Just a thought… Feeling gratitude and not expressing it, is like wrapping a present and not giving it. [William Arthur Ward] Ah, Palm Sunday. Lauren was born on a Palm Sunday in 1991; one week later, after we were sprung from hospital following a bout of jaundice caused by her arriving three weeks early, I
Just a thought… I exist in two places, here and where you are. [Margaret Atwood] Welcome in – and I’ve got a treat for us on a special day. I thought I’d share with you today – thanks to their mom Brooke and dad Phil – pictures of two of the sweetest faces in our
Just a thought… Sometimes we get so caught up in trying to accomplish something big, that we fail to notice the little things that give life its magic. [Angel Chernoff] This should feel like a bit of a freedom day for Rob and for me: two weeks ago we began our Canadian self-isolation and our 14 days