by Charity Lee Jennings | Jun 7, 2023
A Hundred Good-Byes – Part 3 The kingfisher now guides me, as he rises and dips along the side of Bear Mountain. I grow stronger with the rhythmic move of the kayak paddle in my hand. I grow stronger as I dip my fingers into cold March waters, and watch...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Mar 13, 2023
A Hundred Good-Byes – Part 2 I was tucked away, beneath Bear Mountain, gaining strength. The Lake House was the perfect place. People were few but the birds were plenty. We watched their migration over the lake, as they headed farther north than...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Mar 1, 2023
A Hundred Good-Byes The Canada we arrived to wasn’t one I recognized. We entered an airport full of masked faces, forms to fill out, and for some of us, Covid tests and quarantine. Dad J waited outside in February cold, for the hours it took us to...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Jan 24, 2023
A Star-Filled Sky I’ve told you the stories I’ve told you the stories, how our oldest couldn’t renew his visa, how our boys left home, how we followed not long after. How our life was turned upside-down. I’ve told of the sadness of saying good-bye. Of...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Sep 27, 2017
A Younger, Braver Me, At The Wet-Market “I’ve got one,” Brian said, as he pulled a deep-fried worm from the gooey rice and let it dangle over his open mouth. It was our Family Fear Factor, during my parents’ and siblings’ first visit to China. “Do it!”...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Jul 7, 2017
As predicted, Canada Day was special. No parade, no fireworks, but my kids weren’t expecting those. They begged Brian and I to play Canada-opoly – a game without an end. The snacks were endless too, thanks to a friend who visited just in time, bringing gifts of...
