
Happy Mother's Day Mrs. Raccoon
When the clerk at Amaranth gave me a free chocolate bar for Mother's Day because he assumed I was one for buying baby food. I took it and ran. Not because I am a Mom, but because I have one so that counts. (The jury is still out.) Everyone who exists has one and that's pretty awesome. Friday I got to story report on Vivo's Active Learners Preschool class and sit in on two special Mother's Day celebrations the kids put on. The adorable students danced and sang for their proud

CBC Calgary Reads
The benefits of giving back are always awesome, but the CBC Calgary Reads annual book sale is a unique opportunity to volunteer and reap the rewards of early VIP access to all the books pre-sale, all while supporting early literacy initiatives. Thursday night I poured over the very well organized stacks filling the Calgary Curling Club at the Spread the Words event, inhaling the musty goodness, deciphering inscriptions on inside covers and shaking out artifacts pressed betwee