Loving Large - Living Small - Living and Dying with Grace

FRAME of reference

I have always had the ability to envision, to form a mental picture including size, texture, and colour. It’s been helpful as an event planner…

Recently, during a break in the build, and with some time on our hands, we decided to reflect on leaving our home of 25 years;…

“The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great…

When we married in our late teens, we took ‘till death us do part’ out of the vows we read; we just weren’t comfortable signing…

In 1992, having recently had twin boys, we started a conversation around change; how could we raise our children with one parent at home? What…

In a former life, and for more than 11 years, I travelled 90 kilometers daily for a job I loved in Toronto. For the most…

One of the most challenging aspects of our new build has been managing the budget. Don’t get me wrong, I have been managing money for…

One of the most interesting outcomes for me in the process of designing and building a house, has been the learning that there is so…

The discussion went something like this “Who wants to take care of us when we’re older, so we can age in place and die at…

Those who know me well will tell you that I am not sentimental nor am I nostalgic. I don’t pine for a bygone era nor…