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David Leach
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Love in the Time of COVID-19
I’d planned to write this column about our family’s new puppy. I was going to confess how, against all good parenting advice, we gave...
Heart, Broken
Recently, as I was flicking through photos on my iPhone, I stumbled across a pair of back-to-back selfies I’d taken last May. In the...
A Family’s Life in Exile
I write this column not from my usual perch: a cramped corner desk in our kids’ playroom, atop an inflated Swiss ball to ease...
It’s Not Your Call
For the past three summers, ever since he was 11, our son has worked as a baseball umpire. As a job, it’s a step...
Arms the Boy
One afternoon during March Break, my son and I drove across town, parked along a side street and knocked on a stranger’s door. We...
Choosing Their Own Adventures
Both our kids are now in middle school, and when I was their age, I got hooked on Choose Your Own Adventure books—a fad...
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Enter Better Together BC’s first-ever Kitchen Hacks Challenge, a unique and timely video contest open to all BC families. The challenge is simple: share...
Sense-sational Nature Exploration
Our senses are tools we use every day to observe our surroundings. They shape how we experience the world and how we connect with...
A Simple Reminder
Back when our baby boy was a new addition in our house, I was on that horrendous newborn schedule, where some mornings I found...
May 2020
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