Time Flies

 It is husband M and my 35th wedding anniversary today!  Time really does fly.  I have been feeling my age when I heard that the Scarborough Light Rapid Transit line was being discontinued.  It opened in 1985 as a part of the Toronto subway system.  I remember using the brand new line to get to my job downtown.

Daughter L recently did some volunteer work as part of her job's initiative,  at a wonderful charity called Nova's Ark.  She told us the charity was started by a former high school principal who quit her job to pursue this initiative.  The owner accepts severely autistic children who benefit from animal therapy. It is a small animal sanctuary with therapy animals such as a kangaroo, a lynx, a camel, a zebra and many more. The owner needs a lot of food to feed the animals.  She gets donations of food that would otherwise go to waste from places like Costco and the local Sobey's.   Daughter L's volunteer work consisted of cleaning the stables, it was hard work she says.  It was moving to hear of the owner's purposeful life, it made me think of Mother Theresa.  She made the point that disability can happen in seconds, nobody is immune.  We cannot separate ourselves as if it does not involve us.  Her stories of the autistic children she helps are moving.  Sometimes it is good to identify a charity such as this for our donations.  Cancer, heart foundations already have a lot of donors.

Linking to Gillena's Sunday Smiles.