Category: People + Community

People + Community Close-up of homemade chicken and rice soup simmering in a pot, with a wooden spoon stirring shredded chicken and diced carrots

The Whole Experience

saBEE,

Accept the children the way we accept trees – with gratitude, because they are a blessing – but do not have expectations or desires. You don’t expect trees to change, you love them as they are. – Isabel Allende For the second week of Hope‘s summer camp, we stayed at…

People + Community A packed bento-style lunch box with a tomato sandwich, chips, chocolate eggs, dried meat sticks, dragonfruit, mango gummies, corn nuts and a pastry

Full-Time Gomo

saBEE,

To be in your children’s memories tomorrow, you have to be in their lives today. – Barbara Johnson Two vacation rental bookings fell through, so we ended up splitting Hope’s two weeks of summer camp between two different places. The first week was spent at the Four Seasons Toronto. Being…

People + Community Stairwell landing with a colorful quilted wall hanging, black mesh railings, and a rooftop patio view through floor-to-ceiling windows

Impromptu Afternoon

saBEE,

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. – Ralph Waldo Emerson While Hope was at summer camp, I got lucky – I was in town at the same time as the Cosmics. It was wonderful to drop in for…