Words to inspire the belief that we have all we need to be the change we wish to see.
“It’s a road trip that we never finished,” said Humboldt Broncos player and crash survivor Brayden Camrud. But tonight they will do just that.
And the sold-out, small town hockey game in an 1800-seat arena will be broadcast live across the nation. Continue reading
As I drive around my neighbourhood, so many houses have hockey sticks out on the porch. It started when TSN Radio Broadcaster Brian Munz shared a text from his friend that showed a hockey stick outside the front door of his house with the caption, “Leaving it out on the porch tonight. The boys might need it… wherever they are.” And suddenly people around the world felt that they could honour the young Humboldt Broncos hockey players who were killed in the horrific bus crash by putting their sticks out too.
A small yet symbolic gesture that travelled around the world. From hockey families coast to coast to Canadian servicemen fighting for our freedom in Iraq, hockey sticks leaned on the wall outside the door.
It shows how much this accident has touched families everywhere. How fragile life is. And how it can change in a heartbeat.
May we keep the Humboldt Broncos in our thoughts and prayers and live each day with the passion and commitment shown by those young hockey players. And leave your stick out on the porch tonight.
From the moment we become a parent, and hold our child in our arms, we know we would lay down our lives for theirs. We want to keep them safe. We want to put them on our shoulders so that they can reach for the stars. But although our hearts grow bigger in that moment, a flutter also emerges. It changes the beat of our heart the first time they walk home from school on their own, the first time they get behind the wheel to drive, and every time we watch the clock and wait for them to walk back in the door. Continue reading
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