As a survivor of stroke, my neurologist told me that I am one hundred percent likelier to have another stroke than someone who hasn’t had one.... MORE…
I’ve been writing this column for about a year now, and I thought perhaps it was time for me to re-introduce myself. My name is Mary Statham,... MORE…
When Eric, our new Program Director, called me about a camping trip, I pictured tents and freeze-dried dinners. When I went... MORE…
Jodi (caregiver), Stephane, Nicole and Dawn Every year it seems to me that my sense of smell and my sense of hearing become a little more attuned... MORE…
I love words. I think language is delicious and I always have. I also love the power of language in my own life; I love discovering how words can reshape... MORE…
As we move into the next phase of our growth, it is heartening to have Adaptive Adventures both recognized and supported by members of our community.... MORE…
Everywhere I look around me, the world is being born to new life again. April first marked the thirteenth anniversary of my stroke – a moment... MORE…
Last week I went hiking up behind the EECO Center on the Greenway with two CRIS guides. It struck me as strangely symmetrical to have one person I was... MORE…
This is the time of year when I am most likely to disappear into books or games or music. I haven’t been writing my column, and I haven’t... MORE…
Image credit: songbird839 / 123RF Stock Photo I have written much about what ‘adaptive’ means in the context of the activities CRIS... MORE…
I was born in Edmonton and lived most of my life on the prairies, so when people here talk about how cold it is, I still chuckle. I’ve... MORE…
People ask me what my favourite activity is with CRIS, and I’m usually forced to respond with ‘Whatever one I’m doing.’.... MORE…
Last week I had the very great pleasure of speaking to CEI Architects here in Kelowna. Their company is looking for ways to give... MORE…
As we come up to the end of November, it’s easy to think that the world has gone to sleep, waiting for Spring to wake it.... MORE…
It is so easy to take good health for granted. It’s even easy to take mediocre health for granted, until something worse comes along. My own level... MORE…
I cannot help but write about our veterans; about their gambles and courage, about the freedoms they have ensured. My paternal grandfather was at Vimy... MORE…
On a very rough week, I look forward to the end of each day because then I know I’ve made it. I scramble my way through the minutes and hours,... MORE…
Last week I found a new dream. Fuse Events and Jonathan Christie hosted the TGR film “The Dream Factory”. I’d never watched a back-country skiing... MORE…
CRIS took me and my husband out tandem cycling this past week, and it was the last truly gorgeous day before the rains set in. He had never been out on the bikes... MORE…
I have a terrible confession. I’m an Alberta transplant, from Edmonton to be precise. I’ve been here for nearly eleven years now, but I still remember... MORE…
