by Leah Perrault | Jan 6, 2022
Photo Credit: Darryl Millette It is a January deep freeze in Saskatchewan and my three-year-old buries himself in his blanket in the morning and says, “It’s cold and I’m tired. I’m not getting out of bed.” He just says what the rest of us are feeling. Navigating out...
by Leah Perrault | Dec 31, 2018
Photo Credit: Jolyn Sloan Choosing is in the air. At the beginning of the year, the marketers are competing for our money, and gyms and diet programs are poised to pounce on the good intentions that follow Christmas feasts. A new calendar year lies before us waiting...
by Leah Perrault | Nov 8, 2018
After we are small children, it is rare that we are carried. Perhaps for a joke or dare, a photo op at a threshold, or in the case of injury, or in certain situations in old age? My baby is big enough now I rarely carry his full weight unless he is asleep. He lifts...
by Leah Perrault | Nov 28, 2017
Photo Credit: Tara Magee Preparing a place is one of my favourite things. We love having the guest room full, the bed made and food planned, the anticipation of time spent with people we love. Preparing makes space, in our home and inside of us, for those who are...
by Leah Perrault | Aug 26, 2016
Photo Credit: Sandy Normand I’m not ready. The fall is coming hurdling towards me with all the speed of Usain Bolt and I would really rather not, thanks. It happened late last week. I woke up and went outside with the puppy and the air had changed overnight. From...
