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KiddingRU: Lessons from the ball park - Part 1
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Musings about becoming a person of excellence; about life, loves and loss. Sunday, September 21, 2014. Lessons from the ball park - Part 1. My son wanted to play baseball again this year. The House league is divided into age groups and within age groups, divided into levels B, A and double A. Everyone is invited to play in the B levels. If you are a player with potential, you are free to try out for the A levels. The really great players get to try out for the double letters team. Music that touches my s...
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KiddingRU: November 2010
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Musings about becoming a person of excellence; about life, loves and loss. Thursday, November 4, 2010. Light the Night.Part 2. This is a night-time 5km walk, held in the fall, in major cities all across Canada. The walk is illuminated by balloons that each participant carry, specially prepared with lights that twinkle and shine. My name is Alyssa and I’m a 19 year student at Concordia University. I have been in remission from leukemia for 8 years and it is thanks to you, all of you (she waved h...We left...
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KiddingRU: March 2010
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Musings about becoming a person of excellence; about life, loves and loss. Friday, March 5, 2010. A Party Like No Other. At the end of last year, I received a call from a dear friend, a CFO in a company with interests across our borders. It seems there was one ticket left to a very fancy fundraiser in. 8211;the Cedars Cancer Institute Annual Raffle and Auction. “Would you like to join me? Honestly, I did not know whether to whoop and holler in an I-can’t-believe-this-is-happening-to-me. So, like a typica...
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KiddingRU: September 2009
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Musings about becoming a person of excellence; about life, loves and loss. Wednesday, September 9, 2009. So, it’s 09/09/09 – the ninth of September in the year 2009 and it’s 23 C. I’m sitting outdoors at a Starbucks, here in the most European of cities in North America – beloved Montreal. There is not a cloud in the sky…only pristine blue as far as the eye could see. Many years have passed. I am outside of my comfort zone but I press ahead. RZ said – try everything once. 8230;went to look for a straw and...
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KiddingRU: The Case of the Controversial Cookies….
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Musings about becoming a person of excellence; about life, loves and loss. Saturday, August 2, 2014. The Case of the Controversial Cookies…. It was December 20. On our quick walk back to our homes this wintery day, our chat was light as it sometimes is. We talked about our plans to rest and relax during the Christmas holidays. When we got to her driveway, TZ said, “Oh wait! She smiled and said, “Merry Christmas! I baked these myself! 8220;You didn’t have to do this,” I said. Aren’t we neighbours? Welcome...
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KiddingRU: March 2011
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Musings about becoming a person of excellence; about life, loves and loss. Tuesday, March 1, 2011. The Business of Bridge-Building. I read recently, this marvelous quote, “Speak the truth, even when your voice shakes.” I am about to do so in the first of a series of blogposts… speak the truth … even though my voice is shaking as I speak. Why? I believe there is truth in this quote , “Similarities create friendships while differences hold them together. I am convinced there is eternal value in the work of...
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KiddingRU: December 2010
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Musings about becoming a person of excellence; about life, loves and loss. Monday, December 27, 2010. Halal meat. I bought it, wouldn’t you? Two days before Christmas, I went grocery shopping at a Muslim grocery store. I was there to buy some “halal” meat as I had invited some Malaysian friends to a Christmas lunch at my home. My friends were Muslims so it made perfect sense to me to cook halal meat. Halal foods are those processed in accordance with Islamic law. 8220;And you are Muslim? We had a good ex...
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KiddingRU: May 2012
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Musings about becoming a person of excellence; about life, loves and loss. Tuesday, May 22, 2012. Has it truly been a year since I last posted something? Some kind of a blogger extraordinaire I must be! Where has time gone? What have I done? Where have I been? What have I accomplished? Did I learn anything in the last 15 months? Do I have more white hair than before? I knew there was a vain streak in me somewhere. How humbling to be reminded I am not yet perfect. :-). Don’t be afraid to admit that ...
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KiddingRU: July 2010
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Musings about becoming a person of excellence; about life, loves and loss. Monday, July 12, 2010. Leave No Child Behind. I am a teacher. I teach for a living. This was not always the case. I remember the years working. To attain that baccalaureate in Education. Learning to understand. Stepping out of my comfort zone participating. And not just observing. Class Dealing with my “fear”. Of machines when I had to produce. I arrive for my first day of work. WHAM! I run into a door marked, “ B. But…but&#...
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KiddingRU: July 2014
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Musings about becoming a person of excellence; about life, loves and loss. Friday, July 25, 2014. Lessons learned from a funeral or two. What a blogger I am! More months of silence and leave it to a funeral to return me to my blogsphere. Sigh. As I sat and listened to eulogies and watched photo slideshows for both these men, I learned three things from them and their lives. Who was it who said, “Nobody ever wished on his deathbed that he spent more time at work.”? We never know when our stories are meant...
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