I have been a closet writer for most of my life.  I remember writing poetry when I was sitting in class supposedly learning calculus and my latest and greatest poem had greater importance for me (and honestly still does!)  In high school I believed that I was, at least, a competent writer but the comments on my first few essays in University told me I needed to learn a bit more.

After the first few disappointing comments scrawled in red on the pages of those essays, I decided that it was time to learn or relearn the basics of How to Write an Essay and at least string together some coherent thoughts.  By the time my fourth year rolled around I had found my voice and the comments on my written pages were much more complimentary.

Upon graduation, I found my way into the Information Technology field where I spent the next 15 years and my writing once again went underground.  Over the past few months, I have been paying more attention to my writing and have taken up the pen in both fiction and non-fiction.  

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Writing non-fiction is a nice challenge for me since it involves the creative requirements of fiction and adds in the necessity for research and fact gathering.  Mixing those two elements into a compelling article that will simultaneously teach and entertain is very satisfying when completed.

I do not know where my writing is going to take me, it’s too early in the journey to set the destination, but I hope it’s a fun ride!

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Even though it’s not quite over yet, this summer was one of our busiest.  I’m not sure if that is because I’m not working right now or if it is just a sign of our kids getting older and wanting to take part in more activities and go on daytrips to see new things.

We have managed to go to the African Lion Safari which was great fun since we went with some friends which gave us the opportunity to share the fun with others.  That in itself made the trip worthwhile but the other thing that was great was watching the monkeys remove and run off with a fishing rod that someone left in the back of their pickup as they drove through the game reserve.

We also  managed to get down to the Art Gallery of Ontario which was somewhere I haven’t been to in a couple of decades.  The kids were probably too young to really appreciate the art so we didn’t stay long but it was still good to expose them to some beautiful and creative art.

We visited a cottage in Rondeau Provincial Park which was nice.  Gave us an opportunity to get away from the house and spend some time relaxing on the beach.  Without the household chores it was easier to actually sit back and relax with the kids.

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We visited the McMichael Art Gallery a few weeks ago.  We are members there and try to get there at least twice a year.  On Canada day there is always something for the kids to do and although this year seemed to be cut back a little from last year there was still much to do and see.

Hmmm…what else did we do.  Oh yes, we visited the Ontario Science Centre which is somewhere I haven’t been to since Public School many years ago.  The kids love the hands on nature of many of the displays at the OSC.  I hope to get back there soon because there were several areas that we didn’t get to explore.

One place we didn’t get to that I would have liked to go is the Museum.  I think the kids would like to see the exhibits although it’s not as hands-on as the Science Centre.  Ah well, there’s always next year.

A short story by Daryn Tsuji

The Choice

Amy nervously looked around the room as she unconsciously wrung her hands.  The smoke hung thickly in the air as the piano notes bounced off the tin ceiling.  Voices spoke in hushed tones as the woman in the sparkling dress sang jazz classics one after the other.

Amy looked down at the ice cube floating in her glass.  It seemed like only yesterday that she was given the chance of a lifetime.  It was like a dream come true.

The decision was a difficult one and Amy had been thinking of nothing else since the opportunity was presented to her.  She did not know anything about the man who offered it to her but she was wary of him, not quite trusting him but not disbelieving altogether either. 

She had thought of the many different choices that she had made through her life, dropping out of high school, moving out west when she was only seventeen, even her decision to finally go back to college and break up with her boyfriend.  All seemed like such obvious choices at the time but looking back they represented such big forks in her life that she could only imagine what might have been had she gone down the other road.

For a long while she had agonized over which of the many forks in her life she should choose to have unmade and almost every day she changed her mind.  How was she supposed to make such a big decision in only seven days?  In the end, the decision was simpler than she thought it would be.

Now, here she was sitting in a jazz bar in a part of town that she clearly didn’t belong, waiting for a creepy old man she only half trusted to glide in and give her the opportunity of a lifetime.

The time for considering all that was over though, He had just walked into the room and as his eyes slid from person to person Amy shuddered as she waited for his eyes to settle on her.  There was something in his eyes that made her want to look away and look at something else, anything else.

Finally spotting her the man walked across the room and settled himself into the chair across from her. 

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“Good Evening Amy” he said “how are you tonight?”

“I’m fine” she replied hastily, “Can we just get to it?”

“Of course” he replied “What is your decision?  What decision do you regret so much in your life that you would like to go back and change?”

Finding courage now that the moment had come, Amy sat up a little straighter and said “When you first came to me with this offer, I was sure that I would have no trouble picking a moment in my life when I made a decision that I regretted.” She continued 

“But after thinking about all the decisions that I’ve regretted, I’ve decided that since I have no way of really knowing what would have happened if I made the other choice, I am not willing to risk the life that I know today for something so unknown as to go down a different path than the one I have already taken.”

The man stared at Amy for a moment and she was afraid for just a moment that he was going to be angry.  But then he smiled a great toothy grin, one that was honest and one that put her somewhat more at ease.

“In the many years I have been granting people this opportunity, I have seen very few people who have refused the chance to change their path; and I have seen even fewer people who were truly happier once they had.  I am happy for you because you have stopped living in your past and are now living for your future.  That is the best choice you could have made.”

With that, he vanished in a puff of blue smoke leaving a bewildered and very relieved Amy sitting at the table.  She picked up her drink, drained it, and set the glass carefully back on the table before picking up her jacket and walking purposefully out the door.

It’s been awhle since I posted, the time flies so quickly!  With school out, I’m managing with all three of the kids home and time has really sped up.  Careening from one thing to the next has left me out of breath and somedays I can’t remember the day of the week.

Watched a show about Michael J. Fox a few days ago.  It was really amazing to see that he is in a pretty great frame of mind given his 20 years of Parkinson’s disease.  My grandfather had Parkinson’s although I can’t remember seeing him with the tremors or the constant movement that seems to be a consequence of the disease.  Michael’s optimism is admirable, I wish I was an optimist like him.  I think I tend to the pessimistic side.
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The other comment I wanted to make is about a movie called Supersize Me.  Wow.  I never would have thought that a month of fast food could have such an outwardly obvious impact on someone.  Watch it if you can, it is an eye opener.

Many years ago, when I was much younger, I heard the saying “You have to have money to make money.”  I didn’t understand the full meaning of that saying until I started investing in the stock market.

I originally started investing in the stock market using a little extra cash I had.  It was only $200 but it was all the free cash available.  Not quite understanding the saying yet, I invested that money in 50 shares of a company that were priced at $3.25 each.  Those 50 shares cost me $162.50 plus a commission of $25 dollars for a total of $187.50.

I was pretty proud of myself for making my first step to a fortune in the stock market.  It wasn’t until I started doing some calculating that I realized since it was going to cost me another $25 commission to sell the stock, it would have to rise in price by about 30% for me to break even!  Being a little naive about the stock market, I figured that 30% shouldn’t be too difficult for my llittle stock to manage.

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Several years later, when I had managed to save up a little more money, I got back into the stock market with a purchase of some higher quality stock at $20 per share.  That stock moved up to $25 per share and I made a little money.  The point is that with the larger cash balance I started with I could buy a higher quality stock with a better chance of realizing a positive return. 

More money + higher quality stock = better chance of a positive return

So last Friday, my kids had their first day of summer vacation!  Now the fun begins with all three of them home and looking to me for entertainment.  Luckily, I only had them for the one day before Saturday when my wife was available to help me keep them busy. 

One thing that I’ve learned since starting to look after them is that consistency and routine will be my best friends.  They thrive on knowing what is happening next and once I was able to get that pattern figured out, when it was just my youngest all day and my son for half days, things went much smoother.  Now that all three are home all day the routine becomes all that much more important.  I’m hoping to be a bit of a teacher for my son too since he’s having a bit of trouble with the alphabet.  I’d like to teach him a bit so that he at least knows his ABCs and can count to 20.

It’s funny how his older sister had a bit of trouble with the alphabet around the ‘LMNOP’ section and how Eli is also struggling there too.  I guess that particular section is a bit of a tongue twister for both of them; I look forward to seeing how their younger sister handles it when she’s a bit older.
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