Five Years a Writer

THINGS I KNOW : Val loves me. I can write. I love teaching in the community about writing. I enjoy walking and riding my bike in the sunshine. It is restorative to just sit and enjoy the view across the lake at the cottage. Not all issues can be solved by politicians. It is pure joy (on several levels) to see Manitoba’s Premier Wab Kinew read books to children during I LOVE TO READ month. Freedom is complicated and requires both an open mind and a courageous heart. Finding our way in this world involves both pain and joy; both confident strides and tentative steps; both absolute assuredness and awkward fumblings — these are the ways of fragile fallible humans. Having loving parents, supportive friends and non-judgemental teachers and counsellors in schools is vital to a child’s healthy development. Asking questions is key to learning. Talking about difficult subjects is taxing and absolutely vital for knowing who we are and how we can best live day to day and over the longer term. Con