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Take a Moment

February 27, 2010 my life changed.  I lost my dad to his battle with cancer, and he was only 52. My daughter Ava and my dad, summer 2009. Today is ten years since he died, and I have to say, it is a very tough day.  I didn't expect it to be so difficult, but I am struggling today.  Grief can consume, and it is a sneaky thing too, as you don't realize it's going to get you until it does.  I am constantly on the verge of tears, my every thought is consumed with memories of him - both good and sad ones.  How is it that TEN years has gone by so quickly? I was having a conversation with one of my Google Innovator mentees today, and he was saying how his life was so busy this past month and his Innovator project has somehow paused for a few weeks.  He was still motivated and enthusiastic about it, and best of all - he didn't feel any guilt about having hit the pause button.  My mentee's project is focussed around teacher self-care and wellness, and he recognized th

There's Nothing Like...

Browsing my Twitter feed this morning and I ran across a tweet from a friend in California.  @TechCoachSusan tweeted, "Woooooot! Nothing like a little Springsteen to start you going in the morning!" and this made me think - "YES!!  I love a good tune to get me going." Music is so essential in life, in my opinion.  There is rarely a quiet moment in our house, as we always have music playing in the background, or turned up loud so we can enjoy a tune or two.  One of our favourite things to do is to ask Google to play a song, and we wait to see what kind of playlist it keeps going with.  Just this morning, my youngest daughter started our day off with "Footloose" and the next song was A-HA's "Take On Me" - there was not a grumpy morning person in the house! Music can change a mood, and I love that this morning it amped up @TechCoachSusan so much that she tweeted about it.  Wellness can be brought into our lives in so many ways, so let