We arrived home today with a carload of paints, clothes, canvasses, beads and food from a summer up north. I know we are all going to have a really good year and I know I am luckier than most with how I work and play all summer up north, but I hate that last swim in the … [Read more...]
Chauffeurmom
I know it's cliché to complain about it, but I'm going to do it anyway.I am my 'tween daughter's chauffeur. It's snuck up on me slowly, you know. And not because I'm not used to driving the kid around everywhere: hey, we live in the 'burbs, so toting kids all over creation in the car is not new … [Read more...]
It’s Going Swimmingly, Thanks
I just spent a girls' week (two moms, three tween daughters) at Fairmont Hot Springs: such awesomeness! I am one fortunate cookie, because the whole week was hosted by my friend Kathy, who owns a timeshare in Fairmont. She and her family were booked in for two weeks, but because her hubby and … [Read more...]
the price of invulnerability
Being vulnerable in our culture has become synonymous with weakness.Many times I hear friends say that things are going so well for them that they are just waiting for something to go wrong.We are losing our capacity for joy. When life is wonderful that moment is washed over with a fatalistic … [Read more...]
grief
'Any natural normal human being when faced with any kind of loss will go from shock all the way through acceptance' … [Read more...]
Kick Back and Relax – Not!
Ahhh...deep sigh. Aaaannnd, relaaaaxxx. Well, not exactly! I was looking forward to this moment with immense anticipation, and expected that I would just collapse somewhere in a soft chair enjoying a tall glass of ice cold Perrier and a good book. But somehow reality never quite measures up, … [Read more...]
heart on sleeve
I wonder if you have ever heard the notion that people come into your life to teach you something. If you accept the lesson and learn from it- new people with new lessons flow into your life. If you resist/ignore the lessons of that person, more of the same will come to you until you are … [Read more...]
In an Unexpected Place
Join UrbanMoms as we discuss being active and making healthy choices in the "life is good" blog series sponsored by Nesquik. At a time when most Canadian children may not be getting the calcium and other essential nutrients they need, delicious milk - like chocolate milk made with Nesquik - is just … [Read more...]
piss me off-messy chic
I have always wanted a pretty backyard with a chandelier.(The tree is named Howard. He wants a kiss)I have just finished my pretty back yard and I absolutely love it. It is tiny. And perfect.Last week for the first time I lit the chandelier. So pretty, so romantic, so mysteriousso $%#^ing … [Read more...]
JUNE
this is the kind of day that I feel that waythat June way the weather, the air and the smell remind me of all the other Junes Junes have a way of being so jammed with memories and perfect momentsthat I find myself a bit melancholythey feel like endings I don't like … [Read more...]
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