Golden This Week - Feb. 5, 2016

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The Natural Bridge in all its winter splendour The Natural Bridge, located near Emerald Lake in Yoho Nationral Park, is stunning this time of year. Photo by Wendy Chambers.

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Kathy Frasca, LPN, stepping up foot care services for locals

By Janet Crandall-Swaffield 1VCMJTIFS t (PMEFO 5IJT 8FFL When it comes to our health and looking after ourselves in general, caring for our feet should be a priority. While foot care might not be at the top of the list, as we get older, foot care ranks higher whether we like it or not, and it can be directly related to our overall health. Kathy Frasca, of Balanced Sole Footworks, is currently one of two nurses to bring foot care services to residents of Golden.

For an average person, 10,000 steps is a typical day. Our ability to stay active and mobile is directly linked to the health of our feet, and as we get older, each of us have our own unique set of feet, each with a potentially different set of challenges.

Franca says she’s always had a passion for caring for people, and while caring for feet might not be glamorous, it brings her an immense sense of accomplishment when helping folks where they might not be able to do for themselves. Having attended the LPN program at College of the Rockies - Golden Campus, Frasca eventually went on to specialize in foot care services, in demand primarily for seniors and anyone with mobility issues, as well as folks with diabetes, where circulation challenges in feet can put a person’s health in serious jeopardy. “Helping people feel better makes for huge job satisfaction at the end of my day,� she says. “It’s possible to see significant improvement even after just one treatment.�

Franca attended the Foot Care Nursing program at Vancouver Community College in 2014. The program provides “basic and advanced education and training in the care of the middle-aged and elderly foot,� including in-class instruction, self-

study and hands-on clinical experience, with the opportunity for students to work 8 - 10 feet during the course to gain practical experience.

The course is only available to nurses (RN or LPN) and, in addition to the basic curriculum, students learn basics of “private practice nursing and operating a small business, as well as the current best practices for cleaning, disinfecting and sterilizing foot care tools.�

Foot care, according to the Canadian Association of Foot Care Nurses (CAFCN) is, as yet, unregulated in Canada, but the association is moving in that direction. The group incorporated as a national non-profit organization in 2010, with the ultimate goal of standardizing both the training and level of care given across the country. Members have found that there exists a large ‘knowledge deficit in public and health care professionals’ with regards to foot care, and the overall scope of the practice.

As part of the regular foot care services, Frasca will come directly to your home. “Being mobile when offering this type of service is an added benefit to people who might already have challenges with mobility. It just makes it one step easier for them.� There she will be able to assess the condition of your feet and help you or your caregiver understand any risk factors and identify potential foot problems. A foot massage is part of the service, to encourage circulation.

There’s more - nail cutting, corn and callous care, ingrown toenail care, and referring clients on when necessary to appropriate resources, depending on what is needed.

Offering services not only to Golden, but to residents in the valley as far south as Radium and Invermere and beyond, Frasca puts on quite a few miles during the week. “It’s a busy lifestyle there’s no doubt, but I enjoy being able to bring the service to residents here in the valley.�

In addition to foot care, Frasca recently added reflexology to round out her skill set. Again, she studied in Vancouver, where she learned various techniques and strategies of reflexology and its benefits to the body. Specifically, reflexology is an “alternative medicine involving the application of pressure to the feet and hands with specific, thumb and hand techniques without the use of oil or lotion.� It is based on a system of zones and reflex areas that are known to be “connected� to or correspond to particular areas of the body, with the notion that such pressure ‘effects a physical change (improvement) to that part of the body.

Frasca is currently working towards completing the practicum requirements for the reflexology certification, and could benefit from some additional feet to practice on.

In Golden, People’s Drug Mart will be opening up a space for Frasca to offer services at their store, bringing foot care one step closer to any who might need it. For more information, or to

make an appointment, contact her at (250) 3482463 or (250) 429-9467.

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Golden Figure Skating Club competes at East Kootenay Invitational Submitted by the Golden Figure Skating Club

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Nine skaters from The Golden Figure Skating Club competed recently at the East Kootenay Invitational Competition in Invermere.

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If you incorporate your business you can retain earnings in the corporation and defer the tax. The tax is deferred on the earnings that are not distributed as salary or dividends.

With appropriate planning, shares of a small business corporation may be able to qualify for a capital gain deduction on their disposition.

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by Susan Olson, BBA, CPA, CGA

Susan Olson began her career with a one-year Business Administration certificate at the College of the Rockies - Golden Campus. Over 10 years Olson received her Bachelors degree, wrote four Certified General Accountant exams, fulfilled her professional experience requirements and graduated with the Chartered Professional Accountant designation in 2014.

Not only that, but she finished in the top 10 in Canada!

Hailing originally from the East Coast, Olson came to the mountains and eventually settled in Golden. During those 10 years of study, she also got married and had two children, and she began to understand what drives people to own their own businesses. Flexibility, a need to build something for oneself, and so much more, recognizing that what drives each person to success is often unique to that individual.

A love for numbers brought her to start her own business, and a desire to help small business owners, so they could get back to doing what they love. “This is what I did it all for,” says Olson, grinning. “Small businesses need support, just like medium and larger businesses, in addition to bookkeeping, payroll and taxes. They need to be able to make informed decisions when making choices that affect their business and their life. It’s about building relationships and trust, and how I can serve those business clients best.”

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Home ec class and MasterChef Jr. Janet Crandall-Swaffield Publisher The end of January marked the turn of the semester at Golden Secondary School. It’s great to see kids excited for something at school, after all the early years at high school is about discovering what you like and where your interests are, at least to some degree. I was especially interested to see how excited Madi was to enter the Home Ec Class.

Thankfully, the first few hands-on classes didn’t disappoint with nachos and hot chocolate on the menu.

What is it these days that has kids so excited about cooking? Is Gordan Ramsay really that popular? He’s an interesting personality no doubt, but he has a special interest in helping kids along who have an interest in culinary arts. The last few years have seen TV shows like Restaurant Makeover rise quickly in popularity, paving the way for some of the recent favorites, Cutthroat Kitchen and Chopped, among others.

I read an article in Time magazine about MasterChef Jr., fashioned after the UK version It’s interesting to Junior MasterChef, and how it’s currently one consider that by the time of the best cooking shows on TV. Kids between kids enter home ec class, the ages of 8 - 13 can apply to be contestants they’re typically 13- or on the show. The current season has just 14-years-old, which means yielded the youngest series champion yet, a they’ve outgrown the age of 9-year-old girl, the only female winner to date. eligibilty for participating Kids are starring in these shows, and kids are in a project like MasterChef watching them. It’s nothing short of amazing Jr. For most kids, if not all, that an 8-year-old can whip up a batch of that’s probably just fine. crepes off the top of their head in a TV studio, That doesn’t mean that it’s in front of a bunch of TV cameras. And why not, any less important though.� when the winner takes home a trophy, a title, and $100,000. Pretty incredible. And, to some degree, it’s taking the TV world by storm.

For kids, cooking, or baking for that matter, is an opportunity to enter the adult world. And to be taken seriously. It’s a level playing field.

One might argue the kids on these shows are given easier assignments than adults might be, or that they’re judged by a different set of standards. Maybe.

But I’m not so sure about that. Chopped, for example, is a three course concept (appetizer, entree and dessert courses) with each round challenged by a collection of surprise ingredients that must be included in each dish. It can be excruciating to watch, but it holds you right to the end.

Now, the home ec classroom is not the TV studio, and thank goodness for that.

And Mrs. Libby is no Gordan Ramsay. But it is, for many kids, the entry into a new phase of their lives where they are being given a brand new set of skills to survive in a big world, and for some, it will be where they thrive.

It’s interesting to consider that by the time kids enter home ec class, they’re typically 13- or 14-years-old, which means they’ve outgrown the age of eligibilty for participating in a project like MasterChef Jr. For most kids, if not all, that’s probably just fine. That doesn’t mean that it’s any less important though. For some students, this might be the only formal cooking instruction they receive their entire lives. For others, it will awaken what will be a lifelong passion, a pursuit of the culinary arts.

I, for one, will only be too happy to be served nachos and hot chocolate any day of the week. Bring it on.

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Financial literacy for families Francis Bowlby, age 4, seen here at a dinner event for families.

This particular section is where they share tips for financial literacy in an ongoing series entitled Family Dinner Play and Learn (FDPL), a program funded by Columbia Basic Alliance for Literacy (CBAL).

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A mixed bag - ‘better to be part of the solution’ was testament to the organizers that they may have found the perfect solution to how the fans were going to enjoy an all-star game. I hope they continue the format, especially for the players and the fans. The competition gives the players a chance to cut loose and really enjoy the time away from the regular schedule.

by Garry Irving Special to Golden This Week

I watched the Sunday NHL All-Star game and enjoyed the Saturday skills competition. I must admit that it was good to see hockey players enjoying themselves and having a good time.

What struck me the most was how they all seemed to enjoy their team mates that played on opposite teams during the regular season. It

“Nothing gets the public as upset as poor road conditions, bad weather or power outages. Cudos to the people that took the time and gave their feedback to the Area A committee.�

I am like many that watch the hockey games and forget the years it takes to make a good hockey player. It’s not only meant their determination and commitment but what about the parents, coaches and team mates that guided them along the way. This true of both

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male and female players and I must admit I am now making it a point to watch a lot more female hockey, especially at the international competition level.

Now, another topic about something that I recently read about. I perused with interest the feedback given during the meetings throughout Area ‘A’ of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District. Specifically it mentioned residents’ concerns from Parson to Donald and yes, I did find it interesting.

Having spent over 20 years in the Blaeberry Valley I noted the many road complaints and ironically my son is now in charge of the local road maintenance office here in Horsefly.

I agree with the comments about turning lanes for traffic attempting to access the TCH from Blaeberry School Road and Hartley Road. From personal experience both my wife and I at times had to wait 15 to 20 minutes in the summer time to access the TCH to head into Golden. Frankly, I do not see any solution to that problem until the highway is twinned (and who knows when that will be). Other issues on road maintenance

should be taken up with the local highways office and failing any satisfactory answers then the local MLA. We are now fortunate that we do not live on a gravel road and so the issue of pot holes and washboard are not a concern.

My son however, now drives on a dirt road and turns off onto a dirt road to get to his house. I often hear from him of the complaints about the local road conditions but he wishes he would hear them first hand instead of second hand.

Nothing gets the public as upset as poor road conditions, bad weather or power outages. Cudos to the people that took the time and gave their feedback to the Area A committee.

Being a voice, even a small voice, can bring solutions to some very irritating issues. It is always better to be part of the solution and not part of the problem.

Garry Irving was Editor for The Golden News and The Golden Star from 1991 - 2004. He also worked for EZ Rock in the 70s and 80s, and again in 2005 until he retired in 2014.

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History column - “The Story of Golden� - Part 3

by Duane Crandall Special to Golden This Week

Over the next several weeks, we will run a selection of the writings of Tom King, as published in his book “The Story of Golden,� written in 1963. This is part 3 of the series. “Tom Bingham was the next settler, about the twenty mile. He, too, was a bachelor for many years and was on his place for about fifteen years before finding his girl to marry.

The twelfth homestead was the old Hog Ranch, the site of the village of Parson now.

It was mostly a stopping place for freighters hauling supplies up the road. Joe Fitzpatrick was looking after it at the time of my arrival.

This place made quite a name for itself in earlier years by its connection with whiskey running to Golden for the railway workers when it was under construction. Licences to sell liquor were not issued within a certain distance of railroad construction so bootleggers had it brought in from Montana by pack train to these meeting places at Hog Ranch and on Baird’s Creek, near the O’Bray farm.

“This place made quite a name for itself in earlier years by its connection with whiskey running to Golden for the railway workers when it was under construction.�

Next settlement was just a couple of miles farther on and the farm where O’Bray Bros. lived for several years. It was taken up by Isaac and Sam Humphrey, who sold their place three or four years after I came here and took up land

on the Prairie. They were rather sleepy looking fellows but thought they were smart enough to get away with horse stealing in Alberta but landed in jail for their covetousness.

Connecting the Humphrey place was Jack Dodd’s homestead, known as Baird’s Creek Ranch, and it was on this locality that Bull Dog Kelly murdered one of the whiskey runners who had just been paid for his pack train load of liquor brought in from Montana. Bull Dog escaped to Minnesota State and successfully fought extradition.

From Dodd’s at the 27-mile, there was no settler till one reached the first post office south from Golden. This was operated in the farm home of George McMillan, and the mileage was about 42. Mr. McMillan had been an employee for some years of a bank in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The highway at that time was down by the KCR right of way, the building of which railway, as in many other places, necessitated the relocation of the highway here.

Mr. Walter Dainard homesteaded beyond McMillan’s and on the place now owned by Mr. James Dunne. Mr. Dainard apparently had no desire to live on or develop it beyond what was necessary to procure title, and lived in Golden.

There was an unused hotel building at Galena (the post office was called by that name but the district was known as Spillimacheen, which is the name of quite a large river flowing out of the Selkirks and emptying into the Columbia River just north, a mile or so, from the then hotel.

Across the Columbia from here were the first settlers on the west side and to these I will later refer.

Next south and adjoining Mr. McMillan’s quarter section, was Mr. Neil McRae. He and his wife raised their family of three or four girls here, and one daughter, Mrs. C. Stewart, lived very close by until her recent passing. Mr. McRae was one of the more successful farmers of his day.

Mr. Tom Pirie, for some years, had had the farm at the 46-mile which he homesteaded in 1889 and which later belonged to a Mr. Fraser, then an Anglican clergyman, the Rev. Mr. Thatcher, about whose wife someone should write a book. She was such a grand type that her teaching influenced the standard of whoever had time to be with her. Especially for the teenage girls of the district, she worked wonders. Besides influencing their lives for good, she made real ladies of them all. She lived to a great age and surely left her stamp and influence in the places in which she lived.

Mr. Geoff Howard now owns this place.

Mrs. Pirie died during childbirth in the winter of 1903 and the father took the children to his old home near London, Ont. In 1929, the child that was the cause of the mother’s death came to Golden with an older sister to see where their mother lay. My son, Norman, drove them to the Brisco Cemetery (if such it could be called at that time), so they could see where their mother was resting. Even at that later date she may have been the only one buried there. The girls had a good cry but were satisfied in that they had seen what to them was hallowed ground.

One of the girls was a nurse, the other a school teacher.

“ ... the Rev. Mr. Thatcher, about whose wife someone should write a book. She was such a grand type that her teaching influenced the standard of whoever had time to be with her. Especially for the teenage girls of the district, she worked wonders.�

A few years later, a son, who was teaching at the Indian school near Sardis, B.C., came to see the resting place of one, though not remembered in person, who still held a dear place in their hearts. The son came from near Chilliwack again last summer to visit the mother’s grave where now there is a granite slab to mark for them the hallowed spot, and now about twenty others are buried there.

I recall vividly the sorrow of the people of the valley that went out to Mr. Pirie and his young family. Raising the child at so young and delicate an age must have been quite a task as so few babies in those early years were raised other than by the method nature intended. Mr. Pirie was a very highly respected gentleman, and with the help of relatives in his home district, his family became good and superior citizens, the type referred to as the “salt of the earth.�

Mr. Danny Campbell was near the 49-mile post and had the homestead where Brisco is now a prosperous community. He kept the post office there which then was called Columbia Valley and changed to Brisco in 1900 or 1901.

Even at that time, Mr. Campbell was getting past strenuous work and not long after, he sold his place and returned to his native Maritimes.

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had a fine homestead and grew a lot of hay for cattle feeding and for the freight teams that were fed overnight at his place while the drivers put up at the Atcheson house, which did a lot of business in this line as no others close by catered for this business, and loaded teams could only make 18 to 20 miles per day.

I speak of mile posts because the Provincial Government, about 1902, had had a Mr. Sam Hambly place one every mile, starting at the south end of the Kicking Horse bridge as number “0�. He had prepared all the posts before leaving what was then his farm on the east bank of the Blueberry River and facing the then wagon road to Donald — the most crooked one I have ever ridden a horse over.

His mode of measuring the miles was by having a marker on a wagon wheel and figuring the number of turns to a mile — tediously computing them all the way through the valley.

Ingenious, but I’d think monotonous.

Behind Atcheson’s, Mr. Alfred Mitchell had cleared considerable land on his rather bigger acreage known as Fortress Ranch. Some years later, and while in his 50’s, he married a Miss Tegart from the Windermere Lake District.

This fine place was later bought by Mr. Archie Wolfenden who had successfully operated the first store at Brisco, and the farm is now very efficiently and successfully operated by his son, Winston, maybe the most progressive business farmer the valley has ever had.�

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Eat Pure: Ancient food, modern healing

by Judith Thibault Eat Pure Mountain Market Special to Golden This Week

Bone broth has recently had a comeback in popularity. Its resurgence is due to the return to traditional cooking methods through cookbooks like Nourishing Traditions or the Western A. Price foundation. We’ve seen the return of fermented foods like sauerkraut, kefir and sourdough as well as the sprouting of grains, beans and nuts to increase their absorption and digestibility.

Now, in big cities like New York there are bone broth take out restaurants popping up! I learned how to make bone broth or stock while I was in Culinary school over a decade ago. We used stocks in traditional French cuisine to add flavour to soups and sauces. It wasn‘t until recently though, that I learned of the numerous health benefits of bone broth.

Helps heal the gut and promotes healthy digestion: The gelatin found in bone broth is a hydrophilic colloid. It attracts and holds liquids, including digestive juices, thereby supporting proper digestion helping to seal up holes in intestines (leaky gut syndrome.)

Protect your joints. Taking glucosamine supplements to help with joint pain has been common knowledge for years, but it turns out that bone broth is high in glucosamine too. Bone broth also includes chondroitin sulfate which helps keep your joints happy, healthy, and painfree.

Fights inflammation: Amino acids such as glycine, proline, and arginine all have antiinflammatory effects. Arginine, for example, has been found to be particularly beneficial for the treatment of whole body inflammation.

Youthful skin, hair & nails. Bone broth is a rich source of collagen and gelatin which helps create radiant hair, stronger nails and youthful skin.

Sleep better, and feel better. The glycine in bone broth has been shown in several studies to

Bone broth has numerous health benefits, including promoting healthy digestion. Photo submitted. help people sleep better and improve memory.

Immune support. Bone broth can help strengthen your immune system. (There’s a reason Mom’s feed you chicken soup when your sick!) A Harvard study showed that some people with auto-immune disorders experienced a relief of symptoms when drinking bone broth, with some achieving a complete remission.

Stronger bones. The phosphorus, magnesium, and calcium in the bones transfers to the broth leaving you with the essential building blocks for healthy bones.

Bone broth can be made from beef, chicken, fish or other game bones. If making with chicken, it is best to add chicken feet if you can get them as they contain the most gelatin. For beef, knuckle bones are best or “beef feet” which are ankle bones.

Roasting the bones first (except fish) improves the flavour and can reduce the slightly acrid flavour of beef bones. Below is a recipe for making beef bone

broth. The finished broth can be added to soups, used to cook rice or drink as a nourishing tea. Bone broth can be frozen for later use and should be refrigerated for no more than a week.

Beef Bone Broth 5 lbs Beef marrow and knuckle bones 1 lb Meaty rib bones or stewing beef 4+ L Cold filtered water 1/4 cup Apple cider vinegar 2 Large Onions, coarsely chopped 3 Carrots, coarsely chopped 3 Celery stalks, coarsely chopped 1 tsp Black peppercorns, crushed Several sprigs of fresh Thyme or Rosemary Place all of your bones that have meaty bits on them on a large www.thenourishingcook. com/roasting-pan” roasting pan and brown in the

oven at 350 C until well-browned (30-60 minutes usually).

Meanwhile, throw all of your non-meaty marrow bones into a stockpot, add the water, vinegar and vegetables. Let sit while the other bones are browning.

Add the browned bones to the pot, deglaze your roasting pan with hot water or red wine and scrape the pan, add all of the liquid and scrapings to the pot. Add additional water if needed to cover the bones by 2-inches.

Bring to a gentle simmer, skim any scum that rises to the top. Cover and let just simmer for at least 12 hours and as long as 48! The longer you cook the stock, the more rich and flavorful it will be.

Strain the stock through a cheesecloth or metal strainer with a large coffee filter inside. I like to now chill the stock to remove the fat that comes to the top, then reheat if necessary to be able to pour it into 1L containers.

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Ice Cream for Breakfast: The eye of the storm

by Sarah Elizabeth Special to Golden This Week

Toddlers are like mini tornados – like Wile E. Coyote spinning around as he chases after the Road Runner on The Bugs Bunny Show. If you live with, work with or are related to a 2.5-year-old (or toddler of any age) than you know what I mean.

You might be a bit exhausted from cleaning up after your own little coyote(s); or confused as they trick you with their clever mind games; or unsure whether you should chase it, run from it or dive into the eye of the storm.

“I’m dancing with my tornado in an effort to minimize damage and allow her to do her thing as she collects knowledge through experience.”

I found the definition of tornado to be interestingly similar to the way I would describe a toddler – wiki describes a tornado as a phenomenon – “a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cloud in the sky.” As my child goes through her development from a baby into a kid, it is an interesting phenomenon to behold. She almost looks like a tornado in the moments when she runs through the house or runs outside in the snow; her legs gain momentum while the upper part of her body tries to keep up. As the keeper of the phenomenon, I’m often on the sidelines with my heart racing in hopes she doesn’t fall and hurt herself - like watching a tornado ripping through your town as you keep your fingers crossed in hopes it doesn’t hit your house.

And while her bottom half is running erratically and her upper half is trying to keep up, her cloud part - a.k.a. the brain - is often performing what I like to describe as “psychological experiments.”

For example; on strangers in public places when she screams at the top of her lungs; or her babysitter when she bluntly says things like, “I don’t want Tina to babysit me!” (In front of Tina) and (after Tina leaves) “I love Tina so much.” And, “I miss Tina. Where did she go?”

Tornados don’t really think about the potential impact they have on people, places and things no matter how large or how small - and neither do toddlers. During loud screams in public places, my job as the tornado keeper is to deal with the situation while all ear drums in the surrounding area bleed and those owning the eardrums go into fight, flight or flee mode. This is where courage

Part of the process of my toddler’s growth is her innocence and state of bewilderment as she changes from baby to kid. Photo by Sarah Elizabeth.

and protection come into play. As I approach my tornado and the wind gets stronger, I swoop in to embrace it, hold it and get it away from, well, society I guess. Tornados are not for the faint of heart.

What is inevitable for toddlers is that they grow which may or may not be true for tornados. (Fun fact: small tornados on water are called steam devils.) Part of the process of my toddler’s growth is her innocence and state of bewilderment as she changes from baby to kid. During this transformation, the cute factor has significantly increased, but the crazy factor has gone through the roof. While some chase the tornado as it grows, others run far, far, far away from it. As we run towards the tornado to dance with it we may want to laugh at the absurdity of their logic (and

sometimes I do) or empathize and find compassion with the fact that they just don’t know how to be diplomatic (while I help her understand her impact).

What’s exciting about hanging out with a tornado-like creature is the excitement of letting go of the concern and simply enjoying the moment with them by cheering for them, jumping in and running with them – though, when playing with an unpredictable phenomenon, such as a toddler or a tornado, you are still on the ground, balancing the chaos.

As parents we find ways to monitor and find solutions to whatever issues we’re dealing with.

Sometimes the issues might seem insignificant; like a need for Dolly to have her blanket a certain way or when she gets frustrated when her Legos

won’t fit together. We’re in the trenches trying to make sure they survive and don’t get hurt. We make sure they don’t throw something electronic into the bathtub and remind them to use their indoor voices in public places, for example. The difference between a toddler and a tornado is in what we want for them - ultimately, we would like for our toddler to grow. (We might not want that for a tornado, especially if it’s close to where people live.)

I’m dancing with my tornado in an effort to minimize damage and allow her to do her thing as she collects knowledge through experience.

During this dance, I might surrender and jump into the eye of the storm where I find peace in humility, because the reality is I’m collecting knowledge through the experience as well. I think we all are.

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Brighter Life: How to agree with your spouse about money

by Denise Barrett, It’s a Brighter Life.ca Arguing with your spouse about money is like death and taxes — inevitable and unenjoyable.

Here are five ways you can reach agreement.

We all hope to have a partner with whom we are in perfect financial harmony — in total agreement about savings goals, vacation plans and investment choices. But the reality is, from time to time, most of us end up arguing with our spouses about money. And, while it may not always be possible to be completely in sync when it comes to money, there are strategies that can help you and your spouse reach agreement on financial matters: 1. Don’t fight, solve You could treat your disagreement over money as a confrontation to be won, using tactics such as “I’ll decide because I’m in charge,� or “I know more about money than you do.� But those are just adult versions of “I’m going to hold my breath until I turn blue.� It isn’t making someone understand; it’s overruling them.

To come to an agreement with someone, you need a conversation. You need gentle persuasion over stone-cold confrontation. Focus on mutual goals for the future, rather than past mistakes. To put it another way, a discussion that starts, “I think we should talk about how we want to spend our money,� is more likely to bear fruit than one that starts, “If you didn’t buy that stupid boat, we could afford a vacation this winter.�

Alan, a 45-year-old systems manager in Calgary, entered his relationship with Diane with more than $25,000 in credit card debt, the result of over-spending and a period of unemployment.

He resisted her initial efforts to move that debt to a lower-cost line of credit.

Personal finance expert and author Kelley Keehn says people are usually reluctant to face up to their past financial errors. “By talking about it, people have to admit their mistakes, and that involves shame,� she said.

Diane had more success after she shared stories about some of her own past financial mistakes. Once Alan knew that she, too, had made some mistakes, he was able to stop being defensive about his problems, and instead work on a debt-reduction plan that would eventually allow them to buy a house together.

2. Speak your partner’s language Everyone has different attitudes and priorities about money, and different ways of making decisions. So, if you want to talk to your spouse about money, think about how he or she makes other decisions. If they’re usually logical and

methodical, use logic and figures. If they’re emotional, express your view in terms of how it will make you feel.

3. Try a “Freaky Friday� approach In the movies, people sometimes exchange bodies and learn to appreciate each other’s problems. Try the financial equivalent. Jenna, a Toronto mother of two, didn’t understand where her family’s money went. Her husband paid the monthly bills online, but thought she routinely overspent on groceries. They decided to swap places for a month. “I learned a lot about our finances, and where our money goes, so we could make changes to our budget together,� she says. “And buying groceries helped him understand what it costs to feed our family.�

4. Use a mediator Sometimes the message gets caught up in the messenger, and people need to hear wisdom from a different voice. If you have a financial advisor, consider using his or her input to help resolve a difference.

Keehn also suggests finding an article that’s related to your problem and using that as a lowrisk conversation-starter. “It gives you permission to talk about it.�

5. Grab a pencil and do some math You want to buy a car and your partner wants to lease? Talk won’t help much. The answer lies in some number crunching. Working through an acceptable monthly budget is an excellent way for partners to learn to agree on household financial fundamentals.

Hillary, a 48-year-old from Pickering, Ontario, realized the importance of paying off a mortgage quickly in her 20s after her husband bought her a pocket-sized book of amortization tables to help with mortgage choices. “Rates were higher then, and today you’d use an online mortgage calculator, but I was completely blown away by that book,� she says. “I was originally okay with a 25-year amortization, but then I saw that over 25 years, we were going to end up paying almost three times the purchase price of the house. “Paying off the mortgage became my highest priority. We made bonus payments and shortened the amortization every time we could. We paid it off in 11 years and it’s the smartest financial decision we ever made. I wouldn’t have done it if he hadn’t shown me that little book.�

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