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Creative giving is one way to share Christmas joy! From snowmobiles to Fords, our donors make it count!
'Ford Taurus donor gives from the heart. Learn more about her cause and the car she loves!
Adopt-a-dog/Save-a-life is the heart work of one woman. Grace and her team have saved thousands of abandoned, sick, and aging dogs. Read more for a you-won't-believe-this!! update...
Continue reading "Adopt-a-Dog/Save-a-Life" →Autism is a heart work of choice for car, van, truck, and motorcycle donors. Wondering what to do with that unused Toyota? 'That no-longer-loved Dodge Charger? Donate it!
I put the phone down after a beautiful conversation with a friend. A gutting conversation with a friend. We're wondering -- out loud, together -- if things are going to be okay. Will our kids be okay? Will our earth? What about us? Here's some proof that yes! Yes, the kids are going to be okay...
Continue reading "The Kids are Going to be Okay | United Way" →Happy Canada Day! What is this momentous day like for you in 2021? Working on behalf of you and your charities coast-to-coast, we know that this is complex.
From St. John's to Camrose, Toronto to Victoria, Honda CRV donors are giving money to charity. Crazy COVID times aren't slowing Canadian car donors down. They're revving up the donations, one car at a time!
Continue reading "Honda CRV Donors Help" →Allergy season is here. I know this because my eyeballs feel like they have fur. My nose is twitching (in a most un-bewitching way). And the tickle in my perpetually raw throat has me asking, "Is this COVID?!"
Allergies in a pandemic are a right puzzler! Am I symptomatic? A danger to my fellow humans? Should I be confined to bed (my fuzzy head and leaden limbs tell me I should definitely be in bed)? Or, am I just at odds with the life that's stirring in the earth and trees and such?
Does this make your nose itch?
Are your teeth feeling the pollen in the air?
If so, you might have allergies!
Asthma Canada notes,
Health Link helpfully instructs,
Symptoms of seasonal allergies include:
Seasonal allergies, such as hay fever, are often caused by exposure to pollen. You can reduce your exposure to pollen by:
The following home treatment measures may help relieve your symptoms:
COVID will affect exposure to seasonal allergies. Many of us are restricting our outdoor movements already. If you're like me, you're making steady use of your Claritin when you do venture out. And we can agree that a few seasonal discomforts aren't really all that bad in light of what we might be facing. Here's to clear airways and sturdy health!
What has this past month been like for you? If you're the parent of school-aged children you may be feeling a lot of pressure these days. Some of you are working from home while hands-on parenting. Home schooling used to be the practice of a minority (myself included), and is now the norm. If you have a child with special needs or learning challenges, you may have added complications.
Are you finding support in all of that? There are resources available to you. Do seek them out. This is a time for asking for what we need, and leaning into available resources.
My colleague forwarded this on to me just yesterday. It's from Kim S. Golding, 2015, with an added acknowledgement of Clover Childcare, Norfolk.
This gentle 7-step guide may be a helpful resource for all of us as parents? First, it offers a reminder for us to take a minute to check in with our self when facing into a parenting conundrum. "Calm begets calm; peace begets peace." So say parenting specialists. That calm begins with us as parents. Take a look at this:
The well-worn metaphor of the oxygen mask on the airplane applies here: Mom? Dad? Take your own deep breaths first. Then tend to your kiddo.
One of my practice instructors has patiently reminded me, "When we change the dialogue with which we speak to our self, we'll change the way we speak to others. As we transform inwardly, we'll change outwardly." What does she mean by that? Be nice!
This is the time to be "excessively gentle" (John O'Donohue) with ourselves. And as we turn compassion inward, we'll find ourselves more able to be patient and understanding outwardly.
May peaceful parenting bring about peaceful kiddos in a decidedly un-peaceful time in history. You've got this! And where you need back-up? Reach out. You are not alone.