It has been a long, slow road to recovery for my daughter who suffered a ruptured appendix earlier this year; likewise for her mother and the state of our home. During Maddy's fortnight-plus in hospital, my daughters and I were buoyed by the support of friends, family and colleagues in a myriad … [Read more...]
A Belly Full of Poison
Acute appendicitis is very common. In fact, it's the most commonly encountered disease in emergency clinics with about 250,000 appendectomies performed in the United States each year. Actually, "appies" (as the hospital staff refer to them) are so common that there's even a joke about them: Q: … [Read more...]
Surprise! That Time My Child Almost Died
It all started with a tummy ache. Not a terribly bad tummy ache -- enough to miss school -- but not enough to worry me just yet. A little later on, I turned to Facebook for advice instead of commiseration: At this point, everyone (myself included) thought she was the victim of a … [Read more...]
Of Punctuation and Pedantry
Good grammar memes. We've all seen them peppering our social media feeds, mocking the slightly less literate (or, perhaps, simply the slightly less careful) with their affect vs. effect, grocer's apostrophes, semicolons, and the Oxford comma. (Heh: see what I did there?) I'll admit it -- I … [Read more...]
The Perfect Bednight Snack
Recently a good friend of mine was visiting with her young kids and watching her go through the bedtime routine with the younger ones really took me back to when my own daughters were young. With older children, you tend to forget that “witching hour” when it seems like all the energy in the … [Read more...]
On Principle
I like to consider myself a person of principle. The kind of person who knows what she believes and takes a stand on the big issues. The kind of person who does the right thing just because it is, you know, the right thing. Then again, I'm also a pragmatic person. A gal who knows how to choose … [Read more...]
Your Life in One Minute
Have you made your Facebook movie yet? (If you haven't, what rock have you been hiding under?) To help celebrate its tenth birthday, Facebook has given all its users a gift: a neat little movie of your life AF (after Facebook - seriously: did any of us have a life before Facebook?), all wrapped … [Read more...]
My Heart is Rent
Ever since I watched the CBC documentary The Motherload, I've been plagued by a sense of injustice the likes of which I haven't felt in decades. It's the kind of feeling that makes you want to scream, "it's not FAIR!" at the top of your lungs to the world in general. It's a sense of betrayal that … [Read more...]
The Pleasantly Surprising 2014 Nissan Versa Note
With a marketing line like "your door to more", the 2014 Nissan Versa Note is a small car with a rather big claim to live up to. I'll admit it - I was a tiny bit skeptical when I picked up this car. After all, its sticker price is below $20,000 ($18,680 for the model I drove) and that usually … [Read more...]
Come For the Meatballs…Stay For the Kitchens
This past Monday I bumped into one of my young colleagues in the hallway at work. I asked her, as is my wont, how her weekend had been. "Amazing!" she gushed, "I went to IKEA!" "Oh, I know," said I. "I love IKEA. It's a destination. And the meatballs: to die for." "No, but this was my first … [Read more...]
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