The Wonders of a Slow Weekend

The birds were chirping, the wind was blowing, we had good tunes on my laptop and we were cooking in the kitchen.

To anyone else, this might seem like a waste of a Canadian summer weekend. But, to me, it was absolute perfection.

Over the last month or so, I've tried to be more mindful of being fully aware and present in whatever I'm doing. I decided to ma…