Thank you to the person who has left a sled for public use in the Ravenscraig field! I took my dog for a walk there last night and spent the next hour laughing as I flew down the hill with my pup chasing after me! SO MUCH FUN. We need more people like you. Thanks for trusting it would be there in the morning. —Jaxy-Baby and his BFF

Huge shout-out and thanks to the team from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints helping stranded drivers. I was heading on to the Bedford highway from the MacKay Bridge when I got stuck in the snow the plow left between lanes.  Cars were whizzing past me on both sides. I wasn't there three minutes when a truck pulled up and four guys with shovels hopped out. They shoveled and pushed me out. Way to live your beliefs by helping strangers in need on a snow day! Thank you so much. —Stranded driver

To the folks at a local gluten-free food establishment, thanks for making my mornings better. I'm too lazy and unmotivated to make my own darn breakfast most of the time, but I've noticed that it's not just the food that keeps me coming back. Your smiles are great (Like, really great). Thanks for being great. —Your friendly neighbourhood studio ma'am

I think we all need to take a second and pause. Think of those we love. Our mothers, our fathers, our sisters, our brothers, our best friends, those friends that challenge us, or push us. The people that smile at you on the street. The people that stand so that others can sit. All those that believe in unnecessary kindness (although kindness is necessary). The people that light up our lives and our hearts.

You are all beautiful.
You are all unique.
I love you all.

All friendships are important. Big or small, passing or long lasting, romantic or platonic, passionate or pleasant. And they can be all of those things or none of those things.

I write this in reflection of how lucky I am to have found all of those things in so many special individuals. I have made a conscious effort to tell people in my life how much they mean to me. It's a new thing I'm trying out.

This isn't a well-written blurb. It's a hodge-podge of my thoughts.

But thank you forever friends. You'll always be in my heart, my mind and my soul. I'm so blessed to have found you. —You are my forever friend

I guess you were so dreamy, that after seeing you pass me by in the Young Street Superstore parking lot as I was packing my car with groceries readying myself for the storm, you made your second appearance in my dream last night. As the ice, wind, and snow blew outside, I had a vivid dream that you were kind, funny, somewhat dorky at heart, and right by my side. —Now Awake and Dreaming