How a potluck lunch brought me closer with my colleagues
Food tastes a lot better with good company
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Image: Dan Gold [CC0]
The "dîner de dorés" (pickerel feast) was a couple months in the making. My colleague, Louise, often talks of her love of fishing and being on the lake with her family.
"One day I'll bring in some fish I've caught for a nice team lunch," she told the team at work.
Louise sent the invite . . .
The Worst First Day of School Ever
A short story
Image: Three Brothers playing Catch. By Suzanne Berton. Shared under Creative Commons license
MY NAME IS SIMON. I am eight years old, almost nine. I had the worst first day of school ever.
My two best friends are Jonah Jason and Arthur. (Jonah Jason is actually his first name, not his first and last name, by the way.) Our Grade 3 . . .
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After ten years, I finally reconnected with my long-lost friend
Life is not a good excuse for falling out of touch
I hadn’t seen my good friend in ten years. He moved over 4,000 kilometres away and we lost touch. Life kind of got in the way. So in July, 2016, we flew out to visit and reconnect.
We were greeted warmly at the airport. A pleasant surprise. If I knew they were waiting on us, I wouldn’t have dawdled with the kids . . .
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