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Tags: Acadian, Acadie, AcadieODYSSEY, La Voix Acadienne, motivation, Prince Edward Island, speaker
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I got a call out of the blue from a reporter at La Voix Acadienne, the French newspaper from the Evangeline Region in Prince Edward Island.  Did you notice he has the same last name of me?  We are not related as far as I know!!  So he wrote this great article about my motivational…

Tags: Acadia, Acadian, Canada, Canadian, Champlain, heritage, history, Maritimes, roots, singer songwriter
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There is something about water that draws us, calls us, pulls us to her shores.  My Acadian ancestry is closely tied to the water and I have always felt the tug, the connection, the urge to swim, walk along, or just sit on the shoreline.  I’m pretty sure it’s not unique to Acadians!  But probably…

Tags: Belleville, church, Dream, Living your Dream, quit day job, singer, songwriter, University, Women
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The Canadian Federation of University Women have invited me to speak about how I quit my day job to live my dream. As I was preparing the slideshow and figuring out which songs I wanted to sing, I thought about both spectrums of life – as children we start out with big dreams in our…

Tags: confidence, forward, learning, lessons, moving, trusting
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I  had to move some stuff to the locker so I went ahead and rented me a 10 ft cube van.  Got to the house, and realized that I needed to back it into the driveway which meant driving backwards up a slight incline, making a sharp turn into a narrow driveway walled by snow. …

Tags: Acadian, Canadian, Evangeline, Lighthouse, Maritimes, Prince Edward Island
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Have you ever been to Prince Edward Island, Canada?  Can you say “fall in love”?  That’s what happens when you visit one of Canada’s prettiest provinces. Did you know that there is an Acadian region called “Evangeline Region” on the Island?  That’s where my relatives hail from and I am just about finished the recording/mixing…