by Charity Lee Jennings | Mar 1, 2023
A Hundred Good-Byes The Canada we arrived to wasn’t one I recognized. We entered an airport full of masked faces, forms to fill out, and for some of us, Covid tests and quarantine. Dad J waited outside in February cold, for the hours it took us to...
by Charity Lee Jennings | May 19, 2021
Liberation Tower “I heard back from the Consulate,” I told Brian. “Either the boys or one of us needs to be there in person, since they’re switching from child to adult passports.” “What! Travel to another province? With all that’s going on with Covid?” ...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Sep 16, 2020
Open Highway Trapped! Between the busyness of life and the Covid crisis, it had been nearly a year since I’d been on open highway, leaving city life behind. With parks closed and roads closed and apartment living, for months I felt trapped. My walks by the...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Apr 18, 2020
A Covid-19 Creation Birds & Bare Branches Looking out the window we saw birds dancing over bare branches and our conversation turned to Brian’s grandpa and his love for birds and flowers. As a child, Brian explored his grandpa’s backyard garden with wonder....
by Charity Lee Jennings | Feb 6, 2019
Lanterns’ Dance While the city is outside celebrating, I’m in bed recovering. For days I’d been anticipating creating this drawing. I want to be strong and free, like the wind that gives these lanterns their dance – yet I could only dream. Sickness drained...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Jan 9, 2019
Took me ten years. Starting, quitting, starting again. Learning to face my fear. Learning to persevere. Drawing daily. It’s finally a habit for me. When I first sat on the couch of my home with toddler by my side, and read that to paint...
