by Leah Perrault | Sep 11, 2018
Photo Credit: Blake Sittler Growing up in rural Saskatchewan planted a special place in my heart for the wildflowers that grow in the ditches. Blue alfalfa, purple thistles, bright yellow brown-eyed susans. When I moved to the city to study, I saw them less...
by Leah Perrault | Jan 9, 2018
Photo Credit: Ken Thorson There was an easy peace and lots of laughter when the clocks rolled into 2018 totally unnoticed. About three minutes past midnight, my six-year-old, staying up for the first time, asked, “When do we do the countdown, Mom?” (Thank you,...
by Leah Perrault | Jan 19, 2017
Photo Credit: Jon Hansen I carved out a bit more space this season as a response to a God who whispered for it. For months, I have known that I needed it. But I didn’t know what I needed it for. I was actually a bit afraid that I might be missing something, that...
by Leah Perrault | Jun 9, 2016
Photo Credit: Sandy Normand One of my favourite things about being a kid was being held. Children have the advantage in being held because they are small enough to fit into their parents’ arms, into window sills and closets, and into all the best hiding spots. Most...
by Leah Perrault | Apr 28, 2016
Photo credit: Me (The dust is free, a sign of my rest.) Rest calls me. It taunts me after 11 pm, when I am awake and I know I should have been in bed half an hour ago. It evades me when I have fifteen minutes to spend any way I would like and I choose to return the...
