BIRTHDAYS AND NEW BEGINNINGS
They say every little girl needs a strong man to look up to. A man who, through his actions, shows her what a man of strength and integrity looks like.
That man was my Opa and today would have been his 81st birthday (if memory serves me correct).
He was my best friend, my clown face, my educator, my listening ear, my confidante, my music-listening buddy, my nature walker, my carrot-picker and so much more than I can even articulate.
Him and my Oma had a relationship that is certainly enviable. He fell in love with her in Europe, she was reluctant to marry him - especially since he was a younger man. My Opa came to Canada, moved to the Northwest Territories and toiled away in the mines up north until he had enough money to send for her. Eventually, she agreed to come to Canada and marry him and the rest is a beautiful history.
Though today is his birthday, the little parts of him that I see in myself remind me to celebrate who he was every single day.
I miss him.
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I just want to take a quick moment to congratulate my dear friend Rebecca (who celebrates something special tomorrow) on this morning’s launch of her newly re-designed blog. The gorgeous new graphics are the perfect compliment to a blog that’s just as colourful in its own right. Head on over there to check it out.
Congratulations, Beck-Beck. My “girls” can’t wait to promo you.
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For those of you that don’t know, I’m a very traditional girl in a lot of ways. In fact, you could even say I’m somewhat sexist, but the truth is, I just consider myself “grassroots.” While I firmly believe that women should be able to do whatever they want, I also believe that a woman definitely has a role in the home.
Ever since I was a little girl, I have been quite sure that I want to stay home with my kids once I have them, God willing. What I hadn’t ever figured out was how I could do that and still contribute financially to the bread bowl. However, after scoping out the kitchenware shop in Courtenay, I am proud and excited to say that I had an epiphany and have finally figured it out!
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Photo courtesy of PinkCakeBox on Flickr
Not only can I contribute by designing and decorating wonderfully adorable cakes, cupcakes and cookies at home, I can make use of my domestic skill set at the same time. I kinda just want to start doing this now!
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You know how to bring tears to my eyes…I miss them both.
Love Becky’s new logo!
Found a cake decorating course yet?
You know, I remember seeing this story on TV about this little grandma who started making bows at home in her spare time and selling them on the internet. After a year she had a team of like 10 grandmas and they were all loaded, and were still making bows they liked.
There’s a moral in there somewhere.
Aww your Opa story made me think about my Opa now my eyes are welling up. My Opa taught me lots of things and he always kept my Oma in line when she’d run her mouth hehe.
Do you ever watch “Ace of Cakes” on the Food Network? Man that guy is cool.
Hey, that’s a pretty cool idea! Awesome if you could both stay at home with the kids and do something you love — just don’t expect to be doing to much of anything at first (laugh).
The wifey and I are actually having a lot of discussion on this right now — how we are going to balance careers and child raising. fun, fun.
And that is a cool cake.