Great news I think:

http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/parents-with-sick-kids-can-make-ei-claims-harper-1.906482

There was some arguing about EI and whether it should just be 'insurance'.  I think we can all agree that this is a step in the right direction!

TheCurrentCBC  podcast: Pt 1: Snow Science, Pt 2: The Value of Nothing - Raj Patel, Pt3: Spirtuality in Hospitals http://bit.ly/4TAAf

Take a listen to this take on Spirituality in Hospitals (follow to the Part 3 of the pod-cast of Feb. 2, 2010.

Many people feel called to love their neighbour, or to have compassion for them.

Love of the other and love for the world is a one of the things that the UCC taught me growing up. Jesus is for everyone, not in the sense that everyone should be a Christian, but that Christians should love without discrimination, like Jesus taught.

Prompted by a comment in another thread, and with Crazyheart's Women in the Bible Study fresh in my mind, I stumbled across this link -

 A Call to Care: The Women Who Built Catholic Healthcare In America

It briefly describes the lives of 7 women, I doubt any of us have ever heard of but their selfless acts of compassion should be a reminder to us all.

I'm not sure which is my favourite hero (or for the traditionalists, heroine)

I am frustrated beyond frustrated.  My problem?  I can't follow routines.

I just recently visited a doctor who wanted me to take a pill every day, and I told her that I would do my best, but I am terrible at routines.  Unfazed, she replied that I should take it every time I brush my teeth.  I honestly responded that I don't brush my teeth every day.