What Would You Do If You Only Had 30 Days to Live?

Recently, I had the incredible opportunity to participate in Eric C. Mortimer’s Jump Start 2025 program. As part of this transformational experience, we were posed a question that hit me like a lightning bolt: “If you only had 30 days to live, what would you do?” It’s a question that forces you to pause, take […]

Retirement Gathering

On December 14th, 2022 Alberta Environment and Protected Areas held a retirement gathering for little ole’ me. I put in just over 41 years of service to the Department and its various incarnations of the Ministries name. The festivities started with a luncheon at the Yangtze Buffet followed by a coffee and cake celebration at […]

Making Time For Me

Took a day out to go play and rejuvenated my soul. I went with my buddy, Eric Mortimer to Sunshine Village. Was a great day! Great skiing and it helped out that I also had fantastic company for the day. I went two weeks prior by myself. Going skiing with someone else is always better […]

Together We Walk The Path, Alone!

I, Neil Thrussell, am truly blessed to be surrounded by some amazingly loving, caring, beautiful people in my life! I was contemplating this last night as I was running on what I affectionately call the hamster wheel of life – a treadmill. My contemplation was, even though together we may walk a particular path in the same […]