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Oct 12 2020
PRAIRIE GIRL GOES COASTAL: GOD SPEAKS

Oct 5 2020
PRAIRIE GIRL GOES COASTAL: AN UNEXPECTED JOB LOSS
I was making my lunch when I heard the interior garage door open. Puzzled, I made my way down to see what was going on. My husband stood in the mudroom gripping his briefcase, his suit bag draped over his…
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May 22 2020
14 BIBLE VERSES TO LIFT YOUR SPIRIT DURING THE PANDEMIC
If you are like most people, you may have experienced a wide range of emotions during this pandemic. From confusion to panic to fear to (almost) feeling like everything’s back to normal, we are all struggling with the day-to-day ups…
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Jul 17 2019
MEET THE ILLUSTRATOR OF THE UNDERDOG DUCKLING: OLHA TKACHENKO
I am very pleased to introduce you to Olha Tkachenko, the illustrator of my most recent, award-winning children's picture book, The Underdog Duckling. She is as delightful a person as an illustrator and truly a talented artist.
What…
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Jun 18 2019
THE UNDERDOG DUCKLING WINS A 2019 WORD AWARD
I was excited and honoured to find out that my children’s picture book, The Underdog Duckling, won the Children’s Book General Market category at The 2019 Word Awards. Awards in 43 categories were given out at a black…
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Jun 13 2019
ALL ABOUT "THE UNDERDOG DUCKLING"
I am wearing two hats in this blog as I act as as both interviewer and interviewee for the most-asked questions about my book The Underdog Duckling.
Tell us about your book.
The Underdog Duckling is about a young…
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Jun 11 2019
10 WACKY FACTS ABOUT MARINE ANIMALS
1. The tongue-eating isopod (a crustacean) eats a fish’s tongue and then becomes the fish’s tongue, feeding on the food the fish catches.
2. While mating, the male anglerfish grabs onto the much larger female with his mouth, hangs on,…
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May 20 2019
SALLY MEADOWS SHORTLISTED FOR THREE 2019 THE WORD AWARDS
I am very excited to announce that I have been shortlisted for three 2019 The Word Awards! The Word Awards, sponsored by The Word Guild, are Canada’s largest and most prestigious awards for writers that identify as Christian…
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May 20 2019
SALLY’S ADVENTURES IN PUPPYLAND—ONE YEAR OLD—FINDING A HIGHER PURPOSE
Theo’s first birthday was one that we highly anticipated. Maybe not so much the event itself, but the milestone it represented. Many dog owners we have talked to shared that puppies start to settle down about the time that they…
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Apr 17 2019
SALLY’S ADVENTURES IN PUPPYLAND – 11 MONTHS OLD – ROUTINES, KITTY, AND A MIRACLE
One of the things I have found difficult to master since our puppy Theo came into our life is figuring out how to maintain a balance between our normal (old) life as a family of two and the new one…
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Jan 10 2019
SALLY’S ADVENTURES IN PUPPYLAND – RECAPPING THEO’S FIRST 8 MONTHS
Hi! My name is Theo.
My birth parents are Icey (from Nevada; white with blue eyes) and Sherriff (caramel brown with brown eyes). My new mum and dad adopted me when I was 11 weeks old. Look…
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Jan 1 2019
18 FAVOURITE WILDLIFE PHOTOS OF 2018
Life circumstances in 2018 prevented me from doing as much photography as I would have normally liked. Regardless, it was fun reviewing and reliving what we did and where we travelled this past year as I scrolled through my photos.
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Dec 28 2018
MY YEAR IN REVIEW 2018
I am grateful to say that once again I had a year full of excitement, fun, and success. However, I will also remember 2018 as full of challenges and difficulties I never saw coming. Read on to find out more!
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Dec 26 2018
SALLY’S ADVENTURES IN PUPPYLAND – WEEK 24 – EXTREME MAKEOVER: REFLECTIONS ON 2018
When my husband and I met with our pastor and his wife this past January to share that I was stepping back from leading worship, I never dreamed that it would be the beginning of the end of our journey…
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Dec 17 2018
SALLY’S ADVENTURES IN PUPPYLAND – WEEK 23 – PET PEEVES ABOUT NEIGHBOURS AND PET OWNERS
Before I had a puppy, I walked twice a day year-round, regardless of weather. Only when it was close to -30 C or when rain was pelting down did I make an exception. For all that time I pounded the…
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Dec 11 2018
SALLY'S ADVENTURES IN PUPPYLAND--WEEK 22--MEDICAL SCARE
This past week we took Theo to the veterinarian to try to figure out why he has been throwing up about once every one or two weeks over the past month and why he has been getting my husband up…
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Dec 6 2018
SALLY'S ADVENTURES IN PUPPYLAND--WEEK 21--SEVEN MONTHS OLD!
Last week, Theo turned seven months old! I remember during puppy training the trainer telling us that one of the most difficult periods in raising a dog happens between about seven and eleven months. We’ll see how the next few…
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Nov 28 2018
SALLY'S ADVENTURES IN PUPPYLAND--WEEK 20--PLAY DATE AT OUR HOUSE, GROOMING #2, AND MORE!
This past weekend Theo had his first play date at our house, with his “niece”—my son and daughter-in-law’s two-year-old Wheaten Terrier! Pebbles has a very friendly disposition and is super energetic! The two of them ran around the house…
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Nov 20 2018
SALLY'S ADVENTURES IN PUPPYLAND--WEEK 19--DOGGY DAY CARE!
Two weeks post-surgery, Theo is completely healed. What better way to celebrate than to give him an opportunity to spend a morning with some puppies and doggies at a doggy day care!
I found a lady fairly close to…
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Nov 12 2018
SALLY'S ADVENTURES IN PUPPYLAND--WEEK 18--HEALING, BURPS, AND NEW DUDS
Theo is healing nicely from his surgery. A couple more days and he should be ready to go back to his regular routine. For now, we are still carrying him up and down the stairs, lifting him onto and…
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Nov 4 2018
SALLY'S ADVENTURES IN PUPPYLAND--WEEK 17--BATMAN AND SURGERY
Our family hasn’t participated in Halloween for over 20 years. However, knowing that I couldn’t deter costumed kids from coming up to our house and ringing our doorbell AND knowing that our little Theo is highly social, we decided…
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Oct 30 2018
SALLY'S ADVENTURES IN PUPPYLAND--WEEK 16--PLAY DATE!
If you are like me, one of your greatest wishes for your children is that they will have a best friend or two. My wish is no less great for my puppy Theo. When we go out for a walk,…
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