Courage

I’d like to think that I would have done the same when I was in highschool, but I doubt it. Travis Price and David Shepard, two grade 12 students who live in rural Nova Scotia, organized a school protest to wear pink in sympathy with a grade 9 boy who was being bullied. The boy being targeted was [...]

Read Full Post »

My Big Sacrifice

I hate the mall. Really, really hate it. It’s too noisy, too crowded, other people walk too slowly, they keep crossing my path aimlessly so that I can’t make my usual beeline. The lights are flickery and make my skin look sallow. I hate all of the shopping. All of the STUFF that nobody really needs, [...]

Read Full Post »

Road Trip

Big kid R is off to Toronto tomorrow to take part in Me To We day, put on by an organization called Free The Children. R met the founder of Free The Children, Craig Kielburger, through a friend of Anthony’s. Craig started this organization when he was 12 years old, and it is now the [...]

Read Full Post »

More or Less

Paradoxically, the day we were meant to be reflecting on food scarcity, we ended up seeing food in abundance. Took a tour of Peak of the Market, and then went to pick up our veggies. I know that many people wouldn’t be excited by a trip to a factory, but I find the “behind the scenes” [...]

Read Full Post »