I know that it is wednesday and I'm a little late but I wanted to share these pictures of some of girls who went to Moose Jaw for a getaway winter weekend. We stayed at the Days Inn and enjoyed the hot tub there. We visited into the wee hours (some later than others hey Lorraine, Crystal and Andrea !!! ). After enjoying a continental breakfast at the Inn we browsed around The Yvette Moore Gallery and eventually settled in for lunch. If you have never been there I highly recommend it. It is a gallery and it is also a wonderful shop. We did a few other things here and there including hot drinks at the coffee shop or a tour of the tunnels and some gelato and fudge at the Chocolate Moose Fudge Factory. The afternoon ended with a visit to the Ashby house and then 5 of us went on to Caronport for the annual Christmas Musical which is always beautifully done and very enjoyable. And Yes - I was away from my baby for 28 hours. WOW! I made it and am very grateful for a wonderful husband who doesn't think twice about me being able to do these things. You'll have to check back later for Justin's blog on his experience of the weekend.
Stay in your lane. Don't look at other people's papers. Those couple of lines jumped out at me as I read Maria Goff's book " Love Lives Here" It reminded me that we can't all live the same life. Comparisons hold us back and discourage us like nothing else. We have fears of being different when we are SUPPOSED to be different. I grew up trying to fit in and not doing a very good job at it. When I was in my teens I thought I'd try a new approach so I started trying to be the opposite of what I was because I thought that is what everyone else wanted me to be. I am chatty and energetic and I tried to be dainty and quiet. I didn't do a very good job of that either. Yikes. Trying to be someone we're not is exhausting and it doesn't work. We seldom fool anyone or achieve the goal we thought we wanted. What we all really want I think, is to connect with one another and to matter. As an adult I have had goals and held them up against other p...
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See you this weekend ( I think ).
Laurie B.
See you this weekend ( I think ).
Laurie B.