The whole way up to my cottage for our annual book club weekend I am thinking to myself in a desperate way - I don't have time to do this, why am I doing this, I shouldn't be doing this.Lately I have been feeling more than just a little overwhelmed by life and work. In fact I often feel … [Read more...]
“it’s not your best work”
Once upon a time when my kids were little people, we were leaving the soccer field with yet another medal, ribbon or trophy. I like the idea of reward and tend to lead my life around it, but my children were lousy soccer players. The oldest wrote poetry in the back field and once, while in goal, … [Read more...]
Words for Wednesday-A New Year’s Resolution that is easy to keep
"Be yourself. Everyone else is taken" Oscar WildeWe sat down to write our goals for 2011 (I know, obnoxious and pathetic until I swear to you that it always … [Read more...]
thank heaven for (big and) little girls
Every time we get together with my best friend and her family- she tells my daughters about how I called her from the hospital each time to say "I had a baby girl" and she wept loud and wet at her bond desk surrounded by boys who only cried over money. At that point she had already had her two … [Read more...]
champagne for my real friends
"Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends" … [Read more...]
Words for Wednesday-Happiness
"Happiness does not consist in things themselves but in the relish we have of them; and a man has obtained it when he enjoys what he loves and desires himself and not what other people think lovely and desirable" … [Read more...]
I got what I wanted
I was good all year so for Christmas I asked for thissomehow santa messed up and gave me this new hubcap (true there are a few similarities)but actually he might have confused that with my other request for this(again some similarities)but really my favourite gift was this wheelchair rampwhich … [Read more...]
family is content not form
Once upon a time there were two families that fell apart. It was 2x4=8 and then it became 2x3=6 The second family of 3 moved so close to the first family of 3 that they could see each other through the back window. Only 49 sidewalk squares to be exact.All year long their lives are made better … [Read more...]
Words for Wednesday-bad taste
this post is dedicated to my dear friend who watched all of her 5 sisters in law open up, in exciting sequence, gift after beautiful gift at Christmas from their mom only to find that she was given an oversized forest green caftan with large smiling ladybugs on it from this same woman … [Read more...]
santa claus is coming to town
how to answer the santa questions and still maintain credHow does santa get to every house in one short night?MagicHow come santa does not give money to poor people?He cannot fix everything - but he can bring cheer.Do you believe in santa?yes. I choose a world where we believe in things we can only … [Read more...]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 43
- 44
- 45
- 46
- 47
- …
- 56
- Next Page »