by Charity Lee Jennings | Feb 6, 2018
Pristine snow stretching through the distance, and the flutter of intricate flakes – today, a Canadian winter sounds inviting. Today, I woke to a thermometer that read 9 degrees celsius. No, not outside – the thermometer is at my bedside. I don’t forget Canada’s...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Jan 31, 2018
As I look over my posts from the past, I see markers along my path. Some made bigger dents, and some extended beyond myself, to you. I don’t know if it means these posts resonated more than others, but going by number of views, my top posts of 2017 were: # 3. A...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Jan 24, 2018
As the river of 2018 sweeps me away, I grab a tree branch, and look back. The current of life moves faster every year and I don’t want my story to be just a blur. I want to remember. Looking back, I see years of tension, trying to find balance between family and my...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Jan 17, 2018
My daughter was already pained that I wasn’t getting any surprises for Christmas, when we arrived at the store. Close your eyes, she said, and hid something in the cart. I smiled, then wondered what the sales clerk thought when I turned my back while my daughter made...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Jan 9, 2018
You know that feeling when you’ve spent two hours preparing a meal and everyone finishes eating in twenty minutes? For me it’s an energy slump and my mind goes a-blur. I feel the same way the day after Christmas. I can never pull myself out of bed and the details of...
