Six good reasons to go to seminary

A great post by my friend Amanda--a Briercrest Seminary student and author of one of my favorite blogs!

A day with my daughter in Gravelbourg

My little girl is really growing up! She has lost two teeth recently, and next week, she starts Grade 1! So we took a mother-daughter trip to Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan last Saturday for some exploration and quality time together. Historically francophone, the town of Gravelbourg bills itself as "A Touch of Europe on the Prairies"
Showing off her gap!



Bilingual stop sign in Gravelbourg




Kate in front of the Cafe Paris, where we enjoyed lunch and planned our future mother-daughter trip to France!




Kate in the Cafe Paris




Kate in front of Gravelbourg Cathedral




Sobering statue on the cathedral grounds


On the drive back, we pulled over at a "Point of Interest"




I was so moved by what I read on this sign about the Old Wives Massacre. If you click on the photo, it will enlarge and you can read about how the Cree grandmothers sacrificed themselves so the rest of their tribe could escape from the Blackfoot. Then again, the sign says it's a legend, so who knows if it really happened that way.



Prairie wildflowers



Dark clouds on the horizon

Homesickness isn't really about "home"

As students of all ages head back to school, and many leave home for the first time, here's an interesting article about homesickness, what it is, and how to cope with it.