BufferAccording to Wikipedia, Home on the Range is the official song of the state of Kansas. I’ve always loved that song and it’s come to feel like a bit of an anthem for our new life here on the central Alberta range lands. So when Ella started playing the song in piano lessons, I was thrilled [...]

BufferMaddy and Ella’s connection is tight – witness the matching Iron Man t-shirts they bought yesterday at Old Navy while we were walking the vast expanse of retail heaven (or hell, depending on your perspective) – known around these parts as WEM.

BufferThis is Maddy – a long time ago. Her song is Lullabye by Billy Joel. Leigh-Anne picked this song for Maddy many years ago and it could not be a better choice. It never fails to make us cry when we listen to it. I used this song in her Bat Mitzvah slide show, but it is [...]

BufferThis is Ella. She was the most beautiful girl in the kindergarden, inside and out. Hayalda Hachi Yafa Bagan. Now she is in grade 1 – but the song will be hers forever. This song brings back many memories. While living in Israel in 1984, long before I had children, I fell in love with this song [...]