Lessons from my childhood home

Growing up in a suburban home at the edge of small piece of Ottawa's Greenbelt gave me a curiosity for the world and the interface between nature and city.

Few places hold as much significance as the family home. And so it goes that our family is getting ready to sell ours after our mother passed away last summer. I am the youngest of four siblings, and I cannot speak to how this piece of suburbia shaped the memories of my family. Undoubtedly, they were undoubtedly profound. Growing up in a mid-century Ott…