Winters’ Day In

Conversations on life, faith, stories, and creativity from author and songwriter (and aspiring mermaid) Talena Winters.

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7 Moments to Remember

A collection of my favourite daily moments in the last one or two weeks.

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Getting your tongue stuck to the swing set is a Canadian winter tradition, amiright?

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I never imagined my preteen boys would have this debate, but here we are…

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That (almost) makes sense…

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Monkey names his future children.

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Monkey’s new orange socks, and how he reacted to them.

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Skipper’s reaction to PDA.

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Some names are more pronounceable than others—especially when it comes to Russian composers.

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A personal story about how even when anxiety hits, we still have some agency over how much we choose to accept its influence.

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Sometimes what comes out of the mouths of our babes chastens the parents… which proves how much we learn from our kids.

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A few hundred words are worth a picture.