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The best part of what I do is the delight on people's faces when they see me help bring their vision to life - and the relationships that develop through the process. This comes with trust, shared value of the work we do and open communication.

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White Rock, BC
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life by design.

I don’t know about you, but at this point in his

I don’t know about you, but at this point in history I’m grateful to be parked in Canada. So, Happy Canada Day 2020 to anyone stuck with me in this great country! #lovetheoneyoucovidwith

In my little world, these have been challenging and enlightening times—the great pause—on pretty much everything. Challenges call on our creativity. Creativity requires time and imagination—things our current lifestyles have squeezed out. I'm a big fan of no devices for my kids in the car because as a child, I distinctly recall three hour rides to camp when I would follow the slow-moving path of a single raindrop down my car window. Or if it was night, I would lay across the back seat looking up at the shapes of dancing headlights moving across the roof of the car and my mind would wander. This is where my imagination muscle developed—when I had time to be bored and space to dream.

Boredom is an invitation to our imagination. Don't ignore the invitation or you'll miss the party. Creativity helps us adapt, build resilience and solve problems. One of the most effective questions we ask in creative brainstorms is “What are all the ways we can...” This type of question expands our imagination and solutions develop. Anyone can contribute.

One of the inner tensions I’m holding as a Mum these days is wishing Covid Days away, but not wanting to lose the summer and have it fly by too fast (kinda like the terrible two's). I have barely a few summers left with my oldest boy before he will have his own agenda or even leave the nest. Six months ago I was overwhelmed trying to figure out how to fit in all the experiences I want our family to have in the next few years. I hate the idea of wasted time or missed opportunity if I can prevent it. So, here I am (reluctant to say it) slightly relieved that most of the options have been taken off the table for the foreseeable future. It's kind of out of my hands—we can only do what we can do. Limitations? Also good fuel for creativity, resourcefulness and evolving perspectives.

What am I hearing a lot of these days—particularly in BC? Be kind. Be calm. Be safe. And… Cont’d in comments ⬇️

#blackouttuesday

#blackouttuesday

Happy 15th Birthday @liam_monty_bagshaw I love be

Happy 15th Birthday @liam_monty_bagshaw I love being your Mum.
I’m loving seeing you become. What a gift for us all to have you.
#bigboy #bestbigbrother #brothers #motherson #lifewithboys #mumofboys #thisis15 #livewithintention #covidbirthday

Trying to be present, but the inner tension is rea

Trying to be present, but the inner tension is real. #bittersweet #sweetandsalty #covidworklifebalance #designerlife #workworkwork #shouldntyoubeinschool

#thankyouravi I am so sad to lose your light on th

#thankyouravi I am so sad to lose your light on this earth, your logic, your wisdom and your heart. But so, so thankful for all that you’ve given us to think on. My prayers are with your family. 🤍

@ravizacharias
@rzimhq
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This morning, our beloved founder and apologist @ravizacharias went home to be with Jesus.

RZIM’s CEO, Sarah Davis, shares this reflection on her father:
On January 4, my dad recited a stanza from this hymn from the late Richard Baxter (1615-1691):
•••
“Lord, it belongs not to my care
Whether I die or live;
To love and serve Thee is my share,
And this Thy grace must give.

If life be long, I will be glad,
That I may long obey;
If short, yet why should I be sad
To welcome endless day?

Christ leads me through no darker rooms
Than He went through before;
He that unto God’s kingdom comes
Must enter by this door.

Come Lord, when grace hath made me meet
Thy blessed face to see;
For if Thy work on earth be sweet
What will thy glory be!

Then I shall end my sad complaints
And weary sinful days,
And join with the triumphant saints
That sing my Savior’s praise.

My knowledge of that life is small,
The eye of faith is dim;
But ‘tis enough that Christ knows all,
And I shall be with Him.”
•••
None of us could have imagined just two months after reciting that last stanza that my dad would learn he had cancer and he would experience the realization of this more than 300-year-old hymn so soon. Today we affirm, as my dad recited and Baxter penned, “But ‘tis enough that Christ knows all, and I shall be with Him.” My dad, at 74, has “join[ed] with the triumphant saints that sing [his] Savior’s praise.” We who knew and loved him celebrate his life, and more importantly, his Savior.

It was his Savior, Jesus Christ, that my dad always wanted most to talk about. Even in his final days, until he lacked the energy and breath to speak, he turned every conversation to Jesus and what the Lord had done. He perpetually marveled that God took a seventeen-year-old skeptic, defeated in hopelessness and unbelief, and called him into a life of glorious hope and belief in the truth of Scripture—a message he would carry across the globe for 48 years...

Seriously proud Mom moment. Thank you son. @liam_m

Seriously proud Mom moment. Thank you son. @liam_monty_bagshaw for so many reasons you may never understand.
Just to be clear he stole this from my card pile. I was waiting for the perfect opportunity to give this to a friend. Who should I have been sending this to? C’mon Mothers!

#happymothersday no #momfail here. #classy #covidlikeamother #bestmom #lifewithboys #teenagers🙄 #notjudging #nojudgementhere #goodgrief