I still have her birthday in my Google Calendar, but did not add the date she passed. For a while, as a family, we would get together and run an annual classified in The Guardian newspaper with her picture to remember her. I felt weird about it, I didn't want to...
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Island-Born Author Giving Away First Book for Free
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONCTON, NB (Jan. 5, 2018) - Riverview, NB teenager Rebecca Schofield was recently named Newsmaker of the Year for 2017 as a result of her goodwill, bravery, and poise in the face of adversity. At 17, she was diagnosed with terminal brain...
Seeing Your Baby for the First Time (#BeccaToldMeTo in Paperback)
I have been in labour most of 2017. Trying to give birth to my first book. Periods of feeling emotional, excited, restless, anxious and impatient. And LOTS of disrupted sleep. As a matter of fact, I am writing this post at 3:32 am. On December 10, 2017, Darren...
1 Minute Strawberry Shortcake Recipe
I'm a guy in a blogging group mostly composed of women, so I am way out of my league posting a recipe, but I like a writing challenge. The thought of me posting a strawberry shortcake recipe is amusing, mostly because I don't really have one. There was that one time...
Special Edition of the Becca Book for Becca
Hi Becca, I saw your Mom post on Facebook that today is MRI day. I wanted to give you a big positive boost today, so here are the first 100 acts of kindness you inspired: BeccaBook-SpecialEditionforBecca.pdf There will be 10 times more of them in the book, but today I...
Help the Homeless, Seniors and Families
The Humanity Project Needs Your Help On April 11th, 2017 I had the pleasure of meeting Charlie Burrell, the founder of The Humanity Project in a discussion with Rebecca Schofield's parents Darren and Anne. We were in his office at the facility they are now kicked out...
Mr. Clean, Magic Eraser of Stereotypes
Free Sample Kicks Off Philosophical Journey On Friday, my wife received a free sample of the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser in the mail. We've had them before and I have had a few impressive cleanings with them and didn't contemplate things too deeply. That is until my...
Please Do an Act of Kindness for Someone #BeccaToldMeTo
Please Do an Act of Kindness for Someone Lately, I've been seeing a bunch of my Facebook friends doing random acts of kindness for strangers using the hashtag BeccaToldMeTo. For those of you not familiar with the story, grab a tissue. This story is as heartbreaking...
How to Find an Amazing Meal in Reykjavik Iceland
Put Reykjavik Iceland on Your Wish List As we start to wind down 2016, it might be a good time to reflect and think about what you'd like to see and do in 2017. This blog post caught my eye today called the "10 Places You Need To Visit In 2017" and #1 on Joana's list...
3 Wonderful Spirit of Giving Stories to Warm Your Heart
Spread the Spirit of Giving It doesn't take much to help out your community, small things done by many leads to great things. The spirit of giving starts with one but quickly spreads to hundreds and thousands. Here is an inspiring story about a boy, his father and...
Firefighters Fighting For Literacy Will Make You Happy
Firefighters Fighting For Literacy Proves Happiness is Contagious After 2 minutes of watching this happy little boy, I was happy all week. I can almost 100% guarantee you will feel the same. Moncton firefighters created a reading program called, "Firefighters Fighting...
Be a Hero with YouTube DIY Videos
SuperDad to the Rescue I gotta say, I've had some bad luck with following instructions from YouTube DIY Videos. Remind me to tell you about the time I baked my Playstation 3 in the oven to fix it. Seriously, those videos exist. I tried it. It didn't work. I do...