by Leah Perrault | Mar 19, 2020
Staying the course is an ironic metaphor for an asthmatic whose longest race ever was 3000 meters. Last by a larger margin than all the other runners combined, I crossed the finish line. I walked the race at a high school track meet so that one more completed event...
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 | 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...
