In the pouring rain yesterday, I went to my Godaughter's Christmas Pageant. It was two hours in a hard chair Several lines were forgotten Some characters shouted their lines at the top of their lungs Some whispered their lines Some nudged others, some forgot they were on stage and went off into … [Read more...]
Just a little heart attack
This is hysterical but really makes an impact and leaves us with a lasting memory that might serve us well one day. Well done. Hit me with humour and something I can relate to (like who has time for a common cold let alone a heart attack?) and I will remember it forever. Please pass it on to … [Read more...]
don’t call me MRS, MS or Ma’am, just call me Nance
portrait of mrs. so and so~ art studio for children The things my little artists say crack me up. And make me think. One of my feisty cats calls me NANCE ROMANCE. I have not been called that in over 25 years. She comes up to my belly button. I love her confidence in herself and our … [Read more...]
A Lifetime of Perspective
Eight years ago today my cousin Madeleine passed away from cancer. She was in her early 30s and a mom of two small children. It was a tragedy.At the time I was also a mom of two in my early 30s.Her death hit me like a ton of bricks. I had a good job but a long commute. I left my house in a rush … [Read more...]
notes to my daughter-you were born out of love
Dear Charlotte; Today you are 18 and it is the first time since you were born that you did not wake up just close to me to have presents on my big bed. It is as warm and sunny a day as the day we checked into the hospital. But when you were born 12 hours later you brought our first … [Read more...]
The Softness of Skin
I hold her hands while sitting gingerly on the side of her bed. I'm wary of crushing her as I lean over to kiss her on both cheeks. She smells the same. Her eyes are the bluest they've ever been. We chat quietly... she'd like some decorations around the windows for Christmas. Blue and white. … [Read more...]
Instasister!
I remember specifically when I first heard. I was 14 years old and coming up from my basement bedroom (I loved my basement bedrooms, sneaking in and out while parents slept, having a waterbed and sneaking people in while my parents slept) and my mother and sister were talking about my two other … [Read more...]
words for wednesday- there is nothing wrong with us
"I hate a song that makes you think that you are not any good. I hate a song that makes you think that you are just born to lose. Bound to lose. No good to nobody. No good for nothing. Because you are too old or too young or too fat or too slim too ugly or too this or too that. Songs that … [Read more...]
Halloween Fun?
Yesterday my sister and I decided to get our families together, invite my dad over and have a little Halloween fun. Our focus was to get the kids involved in carving the pumpkins. A little ghoulish fun with a creative slant. So, we had my dad, our husbands, a 13 year-old boy, a 9.5 year-old girl, a … [Read more...]
my favourite thing of the week-my daily ‘vitamin’ from my children
We all have our things we love most especially in our kids but for me if I had to choose one (and that is terribly difficult) it would have to be the two of them singing. I listen to something they have sung at least once a day but it is often more frequently. It is like a vitamin. I need it. … [Read more...]
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