Professional Development Minutes

Dear Blog Readers: The countdown is on. In a few hours, we begin a new year.  A new year gives us an opportunity to begin again, renew and refresh. I hope for you, 2024 is a year of  learning,  loving, and of course, dancing! Remember, dancing is great for your heart health!  The best is yet to come. Or well, that’s what everyone keeps telling me...  Warm wishes,  melissa 

written by m. fockler 

I baked a batch of ginger snaps, this time for the neighbours. Nothing says, "Happy Holidays" like gingerbread!

I cannot believe that there are only 5 days left of 2023. Where did the year go?  Over the next week, I encourage you to take some time to pause and reflect on the year.   Some potential questions:  What did you do in 2023? What did you learn?  How did you grow and improve? What did you struggle with?  Did you practice self-care? How? What are you grateful for?  Photo credit: here

What do I like about snow? Finding animal footprints in the morning...  Photo taken December 19, 2023

melissa  fockler  (b. 1984) Oh, My Deer ,   2013 Photograph 

Today, I reached for the bread bag and  noticed something unusual. The tag on the bag was made out of paper,  not plastic. Super cool. Pictured above, me holding a 'paper' bread tag 

Want a laugh? Watch The Grinch read,  How The Grinch Stole Christmas!  Story time with The Grinch 

Key ingredients: cocoa powder and ripe bananas. 

“Money can’t buy a happy life, or a peaceful death.”  - Charles Dickens:  A Christmas Carol

Toppings: wild blueberries and 100% Canadian maple syrup.  

Céline Dion "Don't Save It All for Christmas Day" Sing along optional: So don't save it all for Christmas Day Find a way To give a little love everyday