This past Tuesday, we got to tell the girls that we were taking them on a road trip… to Disney World! Wendy got invited to participate in Run Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend. She will be running the Mickey Jingle Jungle 5K next Saturday. Wendy and I started brainstorming on how we could tell the girls. We knew they would be excited. We...
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One of things I love so much about being a community manager for Ford Canada is that I get to participate in some really fun stuff. Events like the Blue Party, the Canadian International Auto Show (Toronto), the North American International Auto Show (Detroit), and various media events throughout the year. If you are not sure who Ken Block is… he is the guy driving...
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Last Monday, I met the girls at the bus stop after school. We chatted as we walked home, like we do every day. I asked them what they did today that made their day great, and what their favourite part of the day was. They each took turns telling me how their day was. When we got home, the girls unpacked their lunch bags, and...
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Yesterday was one of those days that scared me as a parent. I had to be at a work event in Toronto at Ontario Place. Because Wendy leaves for work at 6am, and I had to be in Toronto for 8am, I had arranged to drop the girls off at my parents around 6:45am, so that my Dad could take them to the bus stop...
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I have been doing freelance graphic design for many years. Even while working at Canada’s largest community newspaper, I was designing marketing campaigns for many of my own clients. But I always worked under my personal name… I didn’t have a company name. I was still working at the newspaper when my eldest daughter started her first year at school. A week after school started,...
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