Talking about love, life, and other problems!
Remember what I said about getting by, with a little help from my friends in the last blog? With sincere thanks to Alex Shipillo who just took the time to interrupt his life long enough to take us to our…
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It was a great week for friendship! My new found on-line friends did a wonderful job of supporting me while I struggled through my 4th week of not smoking. This past week was made more difficult because it was my…
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It’s 18 days since my last cigarette. After a lifetime of smoking it is not an easy change. Sure, I gave up once.. for nearly a year and was devastated that I started again. Yes, I had my reasons: I was…
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I started my opening speech at a leadership camp this weekend I heard someone say “it’s her.. it’s DearMamaSal”. I was stunned. I had not expected anyone to recognize me from YouTube after such a short space of time! It…
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There is something about a 10 year old that just warms my heart. Particularly, if his name is Zachary! On New Year’s Eve I was invited to join Zach for his 10th birthday dinner at the restaurant of his choice…
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This has been a huge month! After many hours of technical problems uploading and using BlogTV I bit the bullet and went out and bought a new laptop and upgraded my internet. However great the laptop is I am afraid…
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My one “son”, Cisco” always reminds me that life is truly about memories and not things. This was a memorable week. I was truly excited to become a Canadian. Invited my “rent a family” (I do not have familly here…
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It’s so hard to believe that I have been doing this YouTube channel and blog for nearly 3 months now.What started as a spur-of-the-moment action, following the requests of Benji and Judy’s audience, has taken on a life of its…
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I continue to be amazed at the power of doing small acts of kindness for people. This week, for example, I walked through our reception at work and a client dropped his case for his reading glasses. Without thinking, I…
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It is difficult to believe that just a few weeks ago I didn’t know what a vlog was or that vids were videos. I didn’t know how to upload to YouTube or edit videos. I noticed, last night, as I edited…
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