Swagger with grace

Tania

Although, there are a lot of prophecies throughout many nations around world that say the world will end on 12/21/12. I may be an intense idealist but I am not convinced that it means literally. I live in metaphors and like to look for the deeper meanings behind what I can see in my life. And at some point I will share these metaphors with you and what they mean to me. For example the other night, in the middle of suburbia I was visited by an animal, probably a lost stray dog, but it looked exactly like a wolf. It stood and watched me for about ten minutes, just staring at me from across the street. In my world that means something but to the rest of the world it might mean someone’s dog got loose.

“Be The Change”

Tania

When you’re a single Mom of four children, you miss out on a lot of cool quality time moments with just one child at a time. You spend a lot of time in maintenance mode, just trying to hope that there is enough time at the end of the day to brush their teeth and read a bedtime story. You often wish for just a few moments to hang out with one child and ask them how their day was. So in my house, that special time is often spent with whoever is helping me with supper dishes. But over time, that gets old and boring. So this summer I decided to take one child on a special trip with just the two of us. Our destination, Vancouver British Columbia.

You Can Always Count on Me

Tania

As the days become shorter I start to anticipate what the fall will bring. There is something about new books, school supplies that always shifts me into “This is the year to be organized” mode, but alas I know that I mean well but I kind of like my fly off the seat of my pants lifestyle.

I have tried many times to pretend that I will stay organized, use a day planner instead of a “where are you Tania?” text to remind me of where I am supposed to be but in the end I know that I won’t keep the organization and a cool biologist gave me this word of biological wisdom: Creation can only occur in chaos.

Tania

This blog has been the hardest one that I have attempted to write yet. I have started and re-started this more times than I can care to count. I have drove for hours trying to find the perfect words to describe the perfect man. There are so many things that he has taught me over the years of knowing him and so many wonderful things that I will likely never share but I can honestly say that I had the opportunity to chill with the most amazing man I have ever met. He rocked my world on a thousand levels and for everything that he ever did for me, he would tell you he did nothing. Did I mention he was also the most humble loud mouth I ever met too?

Two Lost Souls