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01/07/2026

Ok these turned out way better than I thought!
Baked black bean & veggie tacos 🤤
Been meal prepping on days off so that when I get off work I can just eat, not cook.
Toooo tired to work AND cook. Lol. 🫠

01/06/2026

The other day in our new chair stretching & light movement class..we were singing a little & one lady mouthed all the words but wouldn’t sing..

And that’s ok.

She can do whatever the hell she wants, it’s her home.

But one of the men asked her directly, why aren’t you singing?

She said that she stopped singing years ago, even though she has always loved to sing…

Why? He asked, not willing to let it go..& honestly I wanted to know too so I didn’t interrupt..

Because, every time she sang, people told her to stop, they’d “joke” about it, one time she had head phones on, singing loudly, enjoying herself & someone asked her if she was ok, thought she was dying…

She said that was the last straw & she stopped singing for good…

In that moment, losing something she dearly loved. Because of miserable people.

& I understood that & her & how that feels & I look forward to hearing her sing, even if her & I hang out in her room and just sing sometimes.
& That’s the therapy part of recreation therapy.

Stop telling people to stop singing or stop using their voice or doing things they love, cuz one day they’ll be 95, in a nursing home & afraid to use their voice.

01/05/2026

Sometimes I still think about my sticker books from the 80’s…

It was a great collection!

Remember the scratch & sniffs? 😍

We’d just be carting around photo albums and binders full of stickers, life was good…

Now, I’m old, it’s 6:43 am, I’m off today but still my body wakes up at 6 am now..

So, I’m sipping a fresh coffee & thinking about how much I adored my childhood sticker collection.

🤔 perhaps i’ll get some stickers for a few people at work..

I’ve been bullied (attempted bullying) a couple times already now & I’ve not been there a month..
maybe they need a sticker & some love. 🫶🏼
Definitely they need boundaries..
It was only attempted bullying because, I’m not havin’ it. ✋
My nervous system definitely still felt it as an attack though, it was a rough day!
Maybe we all need stickers just for getting through daily life.
Maybe a fresh scratch & sniff would fix it all. lol!

01/02/2026

Well, after yesterdays post..

This morning it was foggy & ironically I was singing Fearless by Kellie Loder…

I wasn’t fearless though lol cuz fog + dark + woods = bitta anxiety.

And then, to my right a large animal ran through the woods..

& my first instinct..
when survival mode hit.. was a hearty HIIII YAA & a karate chop movement. 😆

Just came right outta me.
(Never have I been in karate)

Then we both ran away.

01/01/2026

Thus far, my protection for walking alone through the more woodsy areas is singing loud…

If it was a Disney movie the animals would be just out of my view laughing at me..

Today they got “Glory of Love” (such a classic)

“I AM THE MAN WHO WILL FIGHT FOR YOUR HONOUR,…….
WE DID IT ALL FOR THE GLORY OF LOVEEEE”

Meanwhile, the bears are like.. dear god woman we’re trying to hibernate here 🤣

01/01/2026

This mountain peak only makes an appearance every now & then but when it does & the sun hits it. 😍
Raft mountain.
It’s a great view from the kitchen sink lol

12/30/2025

Visiting & hugging my favorite tree on the way to the grocery store & what fun it is to take a woodsy snow trail to get there!
Woke up to a beautiful sunrise 🩷
Life’s good so far here in beautiful BC.
& what a delight it is to go to a grocery store & not have to add everything up before the check out, or worry about the money!
A privilege I’ve always longed for & now have, and for that I am grateful 🥹

12/28/2025

Watched the sunrise from my desk & it was setting on my walk home.
Daylight is short, for sure.
I really love the spirit benches, no matter where you go there’s always dedicated benches, honouring a loved one…& it’s such a sweet thing. 🩷

12/27/2025

Today I set up a sensory friendly space for the seniors..

I stole an armchair from the hallway & a table..when no one was looking..

& created a cozy understimulating spot in the activity room…

Currently, the activity room is not how I’d have it..and how I’d have it is..
an interchangeable room that can be used for activities but its default setting is a home like kitchen/living room vibe.

So, I stealth stole furniture, arranged it, made it cute, turned down lights, opened up all the blinds to reveal winter wonderland, offered up hot tea or coffee & cozy lap blankets & a chance to connect.

First, one of the men came in, he has dementia & wanders about plenty, I could tell this morning he was a little more antsy..

So I took him to our new old space & he settled in & loved it!
He chattered away & lit up, and his body was relaxed & cozy.

The next one to wander in was one of our more social ladies, she was sad though & lonely, Christmas can be lonely & painful & the older we get the more memories we have of Christmas’s gone by..

She sipped a nice tea, cried a bit, I sat with her, we chatted about so much, had a few good hearty laughs!

She told me she’s always been the person who will find a spot by a river, down a bank so no one can find her..
ME TOO girl, me toooo.

They’re just older versions of us.

Everyond needs a sensory break, a room with tea & nice lighting & cozy warmth & an opportunity to connect.
She came in sad & left so much happier.

It was sweet to see how adjusting a room & the vibe can help people to change how they feel!
These are beautiful parts of the job ❤️

Even if I get in s**t for stealing furniture & changing things. And I might. Lol.

12/23/2025

First light ☀️

There’s something special about walking in the first light of the day…

When the world is still sleeping, or just waking..

Zipping past the homes with their sweet Christmas trees all lit up &
I am zipping!
The walk to work in the morning is fast & freshhh. 🏃‍♂️

There’s a specific spot that makes me grin hard on the woodsy trail part, it’s right there where the trees peak through!
It’s the picture you see & I’m behind the phone camera like..😁

Oddly, I’m not afraid of the darkness or the woodsy darkness..but if I do go missing here my last words were probably “ooooooh pretty” 😍

I used to be afraid of friggin’ everything & fear is really not a driving force anymore at all… we grow, heal, grow some more I s’pose.
Fall down, get back up.
Steady as she goes.

There’s an absence of all encompassing fear & anxiety where it once lived for years & years & years…
Not saying I don’t get scared!
Or anxious or nervous or any of those regular emotions..
It’s just not my default state. Anymore. Thankfully.

Romanticizing life helps & has helped with alllll that, a little bit of that, a sprinkle of chosen delulu, hearty gratitude & voila, life feels heaps better & the challenges get handled.

Sidenote: shout out to the Fortunate Ones for that “steady as she goes” song.
It felt a bit like my feet barely hit the pavement walking in & listening to that one on repeat ❤️
It’s so good!

12/21/2025

Wandered into the woods today, to collect cedar, for a bath & lung steam 💚

Pretty woods, mere minutes away, to wander through..

Time spent talking to trees is time well spent. 🌲

Happy Winter Solstice ❄️

12/20/2025

My Christmas trees this year 💚

It’s a weird Christmas, odd to be solo in a different province, without the girls!

Odd that the only thing I have to do, is work & then the rest of the time is free..

I’ll rest, work, eat, and discover the nature around me..

It is odd..
but the odd is not bad 🤷🏻‍♀️

Mostly I feel like I’m having a vacation from all things Christmas this year & though I loved our Christmas’s & all the years of the girls growing up & all that sweetness & busyness & excitement & all the chaos of it & that damn elf..😆

This year I get a unique experience of something different & I love that!

Got dropped into a IRL snowglobe by a train, polar express style.. luggage on the side of the tracks…

& each day I’ve walked to work so far revealed brand new nature, hills, mountains, trees, the snow capped cedar trees..🥹

& There’s a turkey dinner being delivered to me on Christmas Eve after work!

They won’t let me pay or donate because she said my job was important to the community & they wanted to welcome me here 🥹 🫶🏼

All in all, though people & traditions are missed & loved!

I’m enjoying this..
ending off the year in a completely different life than I had at the beginning of the year. ..
I’m tired, there are challenges & alot of adjustments, but i’m here for it.
Figuring it out as I go.
Finding treasures.

A year really can flip your life & arse all around, chew you up & spit you out..
weathered and still willing.
Lol.

Change can be good 🤞 💚

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