by Sharon Cooke | Aug 7, 2013
I can’t climb it, it’s too big to push over, I can’t see around it. It’s looming down on me. I am overwhelmed. I hear a voice, “Step back, you’re too close.” I do. Now I see it is possible. I can make my way around it and go forward. I look back and I’m puzzled by how...
by Sharon Cooke | Jul 1, 2013
I live in a neighbourhood where I drive down the street and I see a kaleidoscope of nationalities, cultures and beliefs. We nod to each other. We go about our day. We are a neighbourhood. We live in peace. We allow each other to be. We allow each other...
by Sharon Cooke | Mar 31, 2012
It was the first day of Spring, March 20, 2012 – the Vernal Equinox. CBC’s “Q” came over the airwaves with the salutation “Happy Nowruz”, inviting us to entertain a thought. Nowruz means new day. Nowruz is the Persian New Year, which falls on the Vernal...
by Sharon Cooke | Feb 13, 2012
Valentines Day – This day is supposedly about Love, and yet it creates more grief than I’m sure it does love. If you’re in love and remembered it’s great. But for the most part it attacks the ego with a vengeance, leaving you feeling not good enough or a screw up,...
by Sharon Cooke | Dec 2, 2011
Twenty five years – now this is not going to be as monumental as Oprah being sung to by Paul Simon. Just the same; it’s been twenty five years and again unlike Oprah, I wasn’t changing anyone else’s life, but my own. I was going for happiness and health – and – I...
