Did you happen to read the news story of 75-year-old Francois Belzile? Recently the Edmonton man pled guilty to manslaughter in relation to the death of his 69-year-old wife, Christiane and will be sentenced later this month.Christiane suffered a stroke in 2011, which left her physically and cognitively impaired, and her husband was her sole…
The Language of Love
The Language of Love Last summer Angela and I celebrated our fortieth anniversary with a trip to Europe. During our three weeks there, we had the opportunity to visit twelve countries, and I marvelled at the fact that so many people were either bilingual or multilingual. If you’re wondering, multilingual means that you speak many…
Weather of Not
Crazy weather we’ve been having over the past couple of weeks. Last week, I think we experienced all four seasons in the span of four days. Summer on Thursday, winter on Saturday. You gotta love Nova Scotia weather. If nothing else, it certainly gives us something to talk about. In one conversation, someone said “The…
Our Relationship with our Kids
My oldest niece has a philosophy. Actually, she has many philosophies, but I’m only going to share one with you today. Her philosophy on parenting is this: The government should put birth control in the water, and people would have to pass a parenting test in order to get bottled water. Makes sense to me.…
Shoot
Do you remember when Larry Walters flew across the flight path of Los Angeles International Airport? Walters made the news because his aircraft was made from an ordinary lawn chair and 42 helium-filled weather balloons. Eventually, he rose to an altitude of 16,000 feet before beginning a controlled descent by popping balloons with a BB…
I Spy. . .
So, did you follow the travels of the Chinese spy balloon? The Chinese government assured the Americans that they weren’t spying, that it was simply a weather balloon that had blown off course. You say tomato, and I say tomato. I’m not sure what all the fuss was about; according to those who are supposed…
Real Relationships: Child to Parent
RR Our Parents If you’re as old as me, then you remember how TV families we grew up with were often more extended ones than there are now, you know, more families with several generations living under one roof. The Waltons had their Grand Parents living with them. The Beverly Hillbillies had Granny, the Munsters…
Trust Lost
Last week I got in my Corolla, and it wouldn’t start. It’s not quite three years old. I had to have it towed to the dealer, and the next morning the dealer was able to start it, and they couldn’t find the issue. But now I don’t trust my car. I immediately upgraded my roadside…
The Gift of Choice
A week ago, I didn’t even know determinism was a word, let alone a philosophy. But now I know that determinism is a philosophical view where all events are entirely determined by previously existing causes. In the most extreme sense, there is the belief that everything was determined and put into motion at the beginning…
Real Relationships: Family
It was Tolstoy who said, “All happy families resemble one another; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Have you ever stopped to think that both the Old Testament and the New Testament start with the story of a family? And the bible itself is a collection of family stories. There are happy…