Nancy's blog

I love volunteering for The Children’s Foundation of Guelph and Wellington. Why? Because it’s a place where I can use my gifts and skills to bless others and nothing feels better than that!

My association with this organization is quite by accident. It’s one of those – it’s not what you know, it’s who you know! One of my most wonderful friends works for Food & Friends – she was looking for volunteers and that’s all I needed to know. It wasn’t that I was particularly passionate about this organization, it was because I cared for the workers that I became a volunteer. The passion grew.

What an amazing journey it has been. Volunteering for The Children’s Foundation of Guelph and Wellington has allowed me to be involved in the community; meet new friends; make a difference and have fun while doing it. Life doesn’t get better than that!

I love watching the Toronto Blue Jays - win or lose - they're my team.
Last night I watched as the starting pitcher got hit in the leg by a fast and furious line drive back to the mound. I heard it SMACK and it sounded painful. The poor guy was helped off the field; someone from the bullpen was brought in and the game continued.
Fourteen minutes later, the good news was in. X-rays showed nothing broken; nothing out of line and the starter would be working day to day.
Now I don't know about you, but the good news for me in this story is it took 14 minutes from the time the pitcher got hit to when the results of his X-ray were shared.
When was the last time you had an emergency that constituted an X-ray? Ya, you know where I'm going with this.....seriously.....14 minutes?

I hate sale fliers. What is it about the motley coloured newsprint that sucks me in? I know the best thing to do is ignore the catch phrases spewing from the pile of fliers on the coffee table. Yet - my eyes turn into dollar signs and before I can read the obits, I'm leafing through sale fliers like a crazed woman on the hunt for something I need somewhere for a sale price that's never been lower. The epitome of gullibility. Sale fliers are my nemesis.
I madly spin through the cheap, over-stimulating sales as if the paper will self-com-bust before I have a chance to see all I cannot live without. The lists start - what store; what item; what price; what day; what city. Nothing seems out of my reach. Clearly I am pummelling into the sale mode, downward spiralling out of control - right into the every-so-clever marketers trap.

Well then - I've just connected with a friend I haven't seen in quite some time. After much frivolity and catching-up, she mentioned the fact she'd been to my website and it was a shame I wasn't doing so much anymore. YIKES! Looking at the site, I see it appears I have greatly diminished my speaking and writing efforts. Not true!
Quite the opposite in fact. It's one of those 'I'm so busy' stories - you know - the life stories where people are just too busy to take care of business. BLECH. That's me.
I used to hate it when people at work said they were too busy. Yet another lesson for me - here I am now confessing I have not been keeping current on my website, due to the 'business of life'.
My bad.....me sorry and all that jazz!
So - don't panic - I am here; very much alive and keeping busy with my writing and speaking efforts. Stay tuned for some updates to my site and blogs that happen more than once a year!

September 13, 2009 - 6:51am.

The Revie household is quiet on this Sunday morning. Sleep alludes me as my overactive brain has kicked into high gear. Today is a life-changing day for our family.

In a scant seven hours, we'll be leaving to travel to Toronto International Airport. There - we will deposit our baby girl, Laura as she leaves for a land full of adventure and excitement. Things will never be the same - then again - they're not supposed to be, are they?

My mother's heart is beating wildly with a plethora of emotions. I am fiercely proud of our daughter, who has overcome some significant challenges in her life and has persevered through all the mounds of paperwork and government hoops to keep the wheels rolling - with determination, foresight, planning and determination, she is on her way to Leeds England for her third year of University studies.