1st World Problems

You know what, despite all the material that the current premier of this province has given me over the past few days, I am not going to bite.  Today. We will see what Monday brings us. Instead, we are going to talk about something that brings me joy.  As some of you may know, my daughter is a dancer. She dances pretty much any time she stands still. And she dances competitively. When she was smaller we had her in gymnastics. After about a year, when it came time to sign her up for the next group of classes she told me that she didn't want to do it anymore. So we went on the hunt for the next activity. Around the same time, we attended a dinner as a part of the charitable organization that we belong to.  At that dinner, we saw an Irish Dance group perform. After the performance, I looked up the academy and emailed them to ask how we could bring my daughter out to check it out. Turns out they offered two free classes, so we signed her up. The following class night we heade...

 I forgot to eat pancakes yesterday and I won't have ash on my forehead (on purpose) at any point today. on If this sentence confuses you, don't worry, I'll explain it.  I grew up religiously adjacent. We didn't go to church (unless I went with some well-intentioned parent of a friend who thought I needed Jesus, which happened more often than one would have guessed), we didn't read the bible.  I think like a lot of people of my generation our parents were just over the pomp and circumstance of the church by the time we came around. Seeing as they were not given an option about attendance, this makes sense. When I went to spend time with my maternal grandfather's house, I stayed in the bunk bed room. There was a glow in the dark virgin Mary on the dresser and a glow in the dark Jesus was on the light switch. Prayers in cross-stitch were hung on the walls.  I had an idea of why they were important. I wasn't raised on bible stories, but somehow I picked up on i...

In case you haven't heard, today is Valentine's Day.  And because today is supposed to be a celebration of love and candy, I am not going to write about anything political.  My favorite part of Valentine's Day has always actually been the next day. When the chocolate is at least half off. That might be more about my love of chocolate over my love of this Hallmark holiday though.  I do think that people should be allowed to like things though. I know some people that love love. And this just gives them another reason to be happy. Unlike most holidays that Christians celebrate it doesn't seem like they are based on any pagan ceremonies.  There are a few different origin stories. Most of them involve Saint Valentine. Sometimes he is saving restoring the jailer's daughter's sight right before he is executed. Other times he is performing marriages for Roman soldiers who don't have permission to wed. No matter how it started it seems like different countries have ...