When Tym first asked me if I would be willing to be the Middle School Staff blogger for Inside Out, he suggested possible ways that I could begin a blog post. One was “So, my husband is gaming again….” “Again?” I retorted. “More like still gaming or has become obsessed with yet another video game.” Yes, [...]
I spend most of my working time around 3 to 12 year olds. That makes my job one of the best I can imagine. But I have also discovered I really like hanging out with teenagers. Most of the opportunities to do that in the last four years have been with my involvement in the [...]
Imagine thousands of angry people pointing their fingers at you, repeatedly yelling at the top of their lungs, “Who are ya? Who are ya? Who are ya?” Pretty stressful, right? Source: Vancouver Sun Opposing players taking a corner kick at a Vancouver Whitecaps game know this feeling well, as the infamous Southsiders try [...]
Allow me to share with you a true story about a workshop I was in recently. Perhaps something like what I describe in the following happens to you as you listen to a speaker in a workshop: The title of the workshop was “Architecture Always Wins,” and the leader of the workshop went on to [...]
I love how children KNOW God. I love the way children view God, how they hear and process the truths and stories from the Bible, and how they live it out. One day, a long time ago, a few years before my oldest son even entered school, we were at a beach by the ocean. [...]
I've come to the realization that I'm one of "those" moms. Back when Caleb was little, I was absorbing everything I could from the experienced moms around me, including strangers. I wanted to know how to do this mom thing right but probably more often than not I was making careful note of what I [...]
I walked into the school in mid-August and was greeted by a very friendly student who had been working with Mr. McGrail all summer doing school maintenance. I asked him about his summer and he immediately asked me all about mine! It was such a delightful conversation! I have to be honest, many times I [...]
DEAR TRENT, In your last blog post, I had hoped you would try to be a little more personal in your writing and a little less, well, deep. (Some of us are not quite as cerebral as you.) You asked at the end if you had succeeded. Unfortunately, if I was your teacher, you would [...]
by Tanya KienekerI went to high school in Sparwood, BC. I’ll give $20 to anyone who knows where that is. (I’m actually not going to - just to give you fair warning.) I moved there in grade 9 from outside of Toronto. We rolled into town on April Fool’s Day and I was convinced my [...]
