Mother’s Day is coming up, and we have the opportunity to take Mom out to see flowers, more flowers and many more flowers after that. We will stop at the annual Fleur Des Ville in Toronto, then head to Niagara-on-the-Lake to see more floral designs.…
If you get to know me, like, really know me, I often struggle with short-term memory. It is a struggle and can challenge my day. There are few benefits to forgetting something. Unless the forgotten becomes a pleasant surprise! I am a bus driver, and…
Life has a way of changing plans. I had to cancel our original summer vacation and discovered we could do it again. Because so many of the places we would visit in the first itinerary would be fully booked, I had to come up with a…
Life has a way of changing things. One thing that changed was our summer vacation. I created a plan and discovered we could not make this journey. But fear not! We will not venture to the West this year but will be able to do…
I had one of two options for this upcoming Easter weekend. OPTION 1: Nothing. OPTION 2: Something. I didn’t like option one, but it was the best option, and I held this position for over a month. There are several reasons for this belief—first, my…
I had never heard so much screaming in my life. My mother was pleading to leave this place. My wife was frantic with the events that were going on. My first and only thought was, “Let’s bring the grandkids here!” We visited Parc Omega in…
One of my favourite gifts to my kids is the gift of time. This Christmas, my present to my daughter, Caitlyn, will be her first trip to the USA. I have called this trip Birthdaymas in celebration of Caitlyn’s and Jesus’ birthdays. It is a…
As a school bus driver, I am blessed with regularly scheduled time off. These days off are why I became a bus driver in the first place. They give us time to do our favourite pastime: TRAVEL! During my time off, better known as March…
Today is the day I have planned for on our summer road trip since January. With only hours away, I am packed and waiting for Charlene to finish work. This summer, we head to the East Coast. I started to build the itinerary months ago…
