Dear Last Year Me, I see you there. You’ve scrambled to get the kids off to school. I know you are doubting your ability to make this transition from homeschooling to public schools. You are doubting your ability to make lunches, sign form and weather this transition. You are worried and stress and tired. You are … [Read more…]
Photo Credit: Jamie Taylor A first childhood memory is of me playing on the playground. Kindergarten or grade 1. The older girls had taken my tiny fuzzy hard bear. Pink maybe? They were taunting me with it. Eventually, it was returned. I remember a friend walking alongside me. Comforting me. It was there I learned that … [Read more…]
Photo Credit: Unplash.com When I was little had the habit of biting my nails. My mom tried every and nothing worked. I’m not sure when I finally stopped, but now I bite my cheeks instead. Another bad habit I guess. I do it when I’m stressed or distracted. My daughter does it now too. I … [Read more…]
Prompt number 3 for Make Blogging Fun again was to write a poem about an object. I chose instead to write a poem about feeder/grower babies. I spent the weekend with three of them. Three babies in the so close/not quite stage of going home from the NICU. As Dr. Seuss would say, babies in … [Read more…]
Photo Credit: Austen Neill It’s that time of year, back to school. It can feel like standing at the edge of a cliff. A new leap into the next unknown. As ussual I feel everyone’s pain. My many homeschool friends are posting about how glad they are to keep their kids at home and not needing … [Read more…]
My first Make Blogging Fun Again writing prompt was to write a Christmas letter. I am so not that kind of mom so welcome to the first Christmas letter I’ve ever written. Dear Friends, I’m writing you this Christmas letter to share with you the things in my life that haven’t really changed this year. … [Read more…]
I didn’t know you were a wild one. I spend my labour with you in denial. I laughed when the midwife began preparing for delivery because I didn’t believe you were coming. The contractions were gentle, yet you came. I don’t know when I realized you were a wild one. In one of my favourite … [Read more…]
So I made a decision. It felt like the right decision, a good decision even. I rearranged my life around this decision until all of a sudden, one day, it didn’t feel like a good choice anymore. I had an amazing afternoon with my girls and this decision means more time away from … [Read more…]
Immediately the song plays is my mind…..”because I’m happy, clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth.” The tune alone makes me feel happy inside. Upbeat, I picture Gru. I remember watching Despicable Me with my kids, or dancing and singing along with them in the car. These are the times I feel … [Read more…]
How is it August already? This summer is flying by and we’ve been busy swimming in lakes, and pools, and making a fairy garden, squeezing in playdates around all the shifts I’m working because of summer switches. We spent a week in Fintry, BC with all my family and the kids loved all the extra … [Read more…]
