Flowing grace: Responding to the call with gentleness

Flowing grace: Responding to the call with gentleness

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...
The time has arrived and I’m not ready yet

The time has arrived and I’m not ready yet

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...
The surprising power of gentleness

The surprising power of gentleness

Photo credit: Sandy Normand For a long time, just the word gentle made me uncomfortable.  It was not as if I was incapable of holding a fragile object with great care or speaking softly; it was too many years of absorbing messages about gentleness as a “feminine”...