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Love & Compassion

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Love isn't a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now. -Mister Rogers, taken from Teacher Tom's blog.I"ve been thinking a lot about compassion lately.  Some of it is … [Read more...]

Alcohol – be careful

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The Star is running a series of articles on Women and Alcohol.  I've been devouring them because the issue of alcohol abuse is something I think about all the time.There is a genetic component to alcohol addiction and I know I have the genetic predisposition.My dad died from alcohol abuse. … [Read more...]

Sadiversary

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This is always a sad time of year for me.  Today especially.Seven years ago today Madeleine died.  Seven years.  Wow.  Her kids are now ten & eight, they were three & one when she died.  She didn't get to see so many of their firsts.  And they don't have her … [Read more...]

Shameless self-promotion

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OK, OK, not self-promotion.Promotion of Multiple Births Canada.We have entered the Aviva Community Fund competition to update our website.http://www.avivacommunityfund.org/ideas/acf13028Volunteers work tirelessly to create resources that support local chapters, who in turn support families. … [Read more...]

Identity

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I love this guy's Freakin' Blog!  Teacher Tom.  He's a pre-school teacher and a dad and his writing move me.  Always.His teaching, and I suspect, parenting, philosophy embodies all that I want to be as a parent and teacher.This post brought tears to my eyes.   It resonated with … [Read more...]

Tenacious, Frustrating, Confusing

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Lice  We are all in good spirits in spite of the title of this post.In my usually over-analytic way, I've been researching and discussing lice with Nadia (remember my picker).What we have both found the most frustrating was how conflicting and confusing the information  we've found is.The … [Read more...]

Lice Exhaust Me

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If you are my Facebook friend, you will know what I've been going through.Yes, it's lice.  I'm too tired to write much but I've been intending to post more on Mindset...but, that's a tease because I'm too tired.Here's how it went for the girls and me:Friday:  Diagnosis.  Treatment. … [Read more...]

Stream of Consciousness Sunday

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I was randomly "Stumbling" when I came across a list of the top 100 movies.  As I scrolled through thinking "What, that one made it", or, "that one should we higher up on the list, I came across this quote from The Matrix: "...you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else you were born into … [Read more...]

Talking to Young Children About Death

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I need some help here.Every so often Fiona & Sophie ask me if I'm going to die and talk about how they don't want me to die.  They brought it up last night as we were lying together at bedtime (we lie with them until they fall asleep).  I told them that if I wasn't dying but that if I … [Read more...]