Headwaters Nest
The Birds and the Bees
Mar 23, 2015 | | Back Issues | Community | Departments | In Every Issue | Spring 2015Books and sex-ed at school don’t take the place of the parents’ role, or cover every situation.
A Week Without Screens
Nov 17, 2014 | | Back Issues | Community | Departments | In Every Issue | Winter 2014Over the week we got into some serious battles in the mornings, pushing the time envelope until everyone had to rush off to work and school.
A New Puppy
Sep 11, 2014 | | Autumn 2014 | Back Issues | Community | Departments | In Every Issue“I like her,” he said, pulling her out from under the deck where the pups were all in various positions and states of sleep in the dry summer dirt.
Scars of Honour
Jun 17, 2014 | | Back Issues | Community | Departments | In Every Issue | Summer 2014I am lucky to say that most of the scars on my body are tiny. Each one tells a story, though.
Packed and Ready To Go
Mar 23, 2014 | | Back Issues | Community | Departments | In Every Issue | Spring 2014A beach towel. A snorkel. Shorts. Flip-flops. Beach shoes. T-shirts. Underwear. A pair of pants for cold nights. Toothbrush and toothpaste. Sunscreen.
Photographic Memories
Nov 19, 2013 | | Back Issues | Community | Departments | In Every Issue | Winter 2013Snap, snap, snap – take a photo or two, or a few for the record. Then put the camera down and just be present.
Go, Braves, Go!
Sep 11, 2013 | | Autumn 2013 | Back Issues | Community | Departments | In Every IssueIt was a summer that shone so brightly for me that I will never forget it, and neither will my son.
A Farm Kid’s Reward
Jun 17, 2013 | | Back Issues | Community | Departments | In Every Issue | Summer 2013Down we would go to the CNE, with horses, food, and family squeezed in tightly.
Shining a Light on Mental Health
Mar 31, 2013 |The Canadian Institutes of Health Research says that one in five Canadians will experience a form of mental illness at some point.
The Kids’ Table
Nov 16, 2012 | | Back Issues | Community | Departments | In Every Issue | Winter 2012For a while, we renamed it “The Employed Table,” but the retirees didn’t think that was very funny.
The Slowest Runaway
Sep 13, 2012 | | Autumn 2012 | Back Issues | Community | Departments | In Every Issue“Don’t tell Dad! Don’t tell Bethany! Stop telling everybody in this world!”
Fridge Friends
Jun 19, 2012 | | Back Issues | Community | Departments | In Every Issue | Summer 2012I like the idea of being adopted into another family’s fridge Bill of Rights, of being accepted on this most basic level. It says, “What’s mine is yours” and “I trust you not to judge me.”