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Better Late Than Never: I know...
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Better Late Than Never. Thursday, August 29, 2013. I’ll never forget the day I got the phone call that every parent dreads. Lizzie has to go into emergency right now, it said… there’s a problem with her platelets. I didn’t know much when I got that call, but I knew enough that an issue with her platelets could very possibly mean leukemia. We had noticed over the last few months that Lizzie seemed to bruise very badly, very easily, and the bruises seemed to linger longer than they should. We have been goi...
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Better Late Than Never: August 2013
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Better Late Than Never. Thursday, August 29, 2013. I’ll never forget the day I got the phone call that every parent dreads. Lizzie has to go into emergency right now, it said… there’s a problem with her platelets. I didn’t know much when I got that call, but I knew enough that an issue with her platelets could very possibly mean leukemia. We had noticed over the last few months that Lizzie seemed to bruise very badly, very easily, and the bruises seemed to linger longer than they should. We have been goi...
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Better Late Than Never: March 2011
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Better Late Than Never. Saturday, March 26, 2011. If You Let Me Play. The first time I came across Nike's "If You Let Me Play" ad campaign was in the mid-1990s, when my mom came home from a teaching conference with this poster. The print on the poster is difficult to read in this image, but its text has a simple, yet extremely powerful, message. The text reads:. If You Let Me Play. I will like myself more. I will have more self-confidence. I will suffer less depression. If you let me play sports. I first...
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Better Late Than Never: July 2013
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Better Late Than Never. Saturday, July 27, 2013. I sit here in my living room, looking out at the view that I grew used to, but never indifferent to, and try to wrap my head around the fact that 4 days from now it will no longer be my view. For six and a half years we’ve enjoyed a breathtaking location in the best part of one of the most beautiful cities on earth. Sunrise, sunset, ocean, beaches, Stanley Park, and of course, downtown Vancouver, set against the backdrop of the North Shore mountains. The f...
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Better Late Than Never: June 2014
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Better Late Than Never. Thursday, June 12, 2014. Thank You, CMS. First, I want to say I’m sorry; I know this isn’t the way you wanted your year to end, in confusion and chaos, with really only one day’s notice that the end of the year is upon us. I mean, your summer holidays start early, and you don’t have to write your final exams, so it’s not all bad, I guess, but this is not the way your year, and for some of you your time at middle school, should end. Early on in the year, before I really knew any of...
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Better Late Than Never: October 2012
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Better Late Than Never. Thursday, October 4, 2012. I heard a really cool story from a customer the other day. She’s recently gone back to school, and her cohort spent a week together on campus essentially getting to know each other. The major theme of the week was “Connections,” and the students had to bring a meaningful gift to share with an assigned partner in the group. Over the course of the week, they shared stories about themselves and their lives, opening up to each other as the days passed. I hav...
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Better Late Than Never: Why I Will Vote Yes
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Better Late Than Never. Saturday, June 7, 2014. Why I Will Vote Yes. I’m no expert on the BCTF, labour law, or any type of union negotiations. It’s very possible that my take on this entire process is naïve, or misguided, or just plain wrong. I sincerely hope that the people in charge of negotiations on our side are judging the situation much better than I am, and that the results of our current struggle are going to be very different than I am afraid they are. If that were the case, however, then why di...
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Better Late Than Never: January 2013
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Better Late Than Never. Wednesday, January 2, 2013. A Word for 2013. I sit here relaxing on the couch with Lisa, after a long and enjoyable day with my little girl, another day filled with the laughter and joy that always seem to mark my ‘Lizzie days.’. This one felt extra-special, for some reason… perhaps because it was a bonus day, an extra one that was a direct result of me having the extended Christmas holidays that come with being a teacher. Certainly played a part in my decision. At first the prosp...
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Better Late Than Never: September 2012
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Better Late Than Never. Sunday, September 30, 2012. Regardless of how I got here (and really, does it matter how we got here? I couldn’t figure it out, and I almost stopped trying. Would have, if my wife would have let me. Fortunately, she didn’t. There are always options in life. Hate your job? There are lots of them out there, and people change them every day. It might be hard, it might be scary… but you could do it. Don’t like where you live? I miss you Papa. Happy Father’s Day. I love you both.
