ArchiveFebruary 2026

Why we risk differently

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On our walk in a nature park today, we came upon two teenagers gingerly traversing a huge felled tree. The mother stood below, calmly watching them. My honey, a China-born and raised Canadian, smiled and said, “A Chinese, or any Asian, mother would scream at them to get down.” Having lived in Asia for over three decades, his observation rang true to me. Yet I answered that there didn’t seem a...

Beyond tears: A life fully felt

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My writer friend, Ardis of The Reflective Pen, recently wrote a poignant blog post about crying. In it she describes how too soon after our celebrated first cries out of our mother’s womb, we are hushed to be quiet, to be strong—no need for tears. She invites her readers to reflect on whether a person can live without tears. And whether that is even healthy. As I read her words, she sees stifling...

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