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  • Quiet confessions - scene from Season 5, Episode 7.
    Film and Television

    Stranger Things and the Weight of What We Hide

    December 30, 2025January 12, 2026

    I came to Stranger Things late, expecting teenagers and monsters. What I found instead was nostalgia — and a story about vulnerability, acceptance, and the quiet courage it takes to reveal the deepest parts of who we are, on screen and in real life.

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  • A group dressed in 80's outfits at a company gala.
    Work Relationships

    Friendships After Five

    December 14, 2025December 14, 2025

    In 27 years, I’ve only missed one Gala. Side-room karaoke, mile-long prize tables, DJs who kept us dancing until closing—I’ve got a memory for every decade. Winning a PS2 in the early 2000s even saved Christmas during my single-dad years.

    And at the kids’ parties, we watched our children grow up together—at Copps, community centres, Chuck E. Cheese, and Soccer World—tiny snow boots becoming bigger sneakers, and eventually, grown-up goodbyes.

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  • Caroonized image of the first World Series game in Canada.
    Coaches Circle | Professional Sports | Youth Sports

    Memorable Moments in Baseball History

    October 30, 2025December 13, 2025

    From a 1992 World Series ticket won on a midnight radio call, to what that framed game stub means to me today — this postseason brought it all flooding back.
    It’s been thirty-three years since that first championship night in Toronto, and as this year’s Blue Jays chase history again, I’m reminded why we play, watch, and believe.
    Because the game — like life — is always bigger than us.

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  • Tiny church in an open field, with a bright sun and text explaining the story and with the story title.
    Community | Faith

    Bigger Than Us

    October 12, 2025December 13, 2025

    A film about faith, love, and belonging reminded me that even in a divided world, connection still starts with an open door. Because in the end, whatever we believe, it’s always bigger than us.

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