A bridge photo, spring rain, and the feeling of getting my brain back Sunny Rain & Small Blessings A Walk With Bryan, the Dog, and a Stranger’s Kindness Bryan and I headed out for a walk today in that strange Alberta weather where the sun is shining but the rain still comes down like it has something to prove. The dog trotted along happily, not caring about the contradiction in the sky. That’s her way — every day is a good day if she’s moving. We ran into a guy along the path, someone religious by the way he spoke. He offered us a blessing, just a simple “God bless you,” and I told him we needed it. It made him laugh, and honestly, it made the moment lighter. It’s surprising how far a small kindness goes on a walk. A smile can shift the whole tone of a day. By the time we looped back toward the schools, the kids were pouring out. Streets full of people, backpacks bouncing, parents waiting, the usual after‑school chaos. It felt like we were walking upstream in a river of teenag...
Sorting through old echoes, grounding in intention, and finding steadiness one step at a time. Morning Walks, Spinning Thoughts, and the Work of Grounding I woke up early today with that strange mix of humour and heaviness — telling myself to laugh at a sentence or laugh with a sentence. Full stop. Period. Grace and good intention, that’s the hope. But my mind didn’t exactly cooperate. Old memories came rushing in — the messy ones, the ones that don’t feel fair, the ones that show up uninvited. People from my past, choices I never made, things that happened around me that still echo. It’s wild how the brain can drag up something from years ago and drop it right into a quiet morning like it belongs there. So I did what I do: I walked. The university paths were cool and open, and I kept thinking about the goslings I’d seen earlier this week on my drive. Today I got close enough for a picture. Little reminders that life keeps moving forward even when my head is spinning. I kept tel...