Spring is in the air - and in the flyers, too! On top of the regular monthlies, we've got a spring gift flyer - and a summer one so you can stock up for two months of extra free time. Here are my picks: ElfThe Kissing Hand - this sweet classic about learning to be apart from your mother is still … [Read more...]
FotoFriday – Wheels & Wings
Sometimes he's the best big brother ever.And rarely will you see her without the tutu or the wings. … [Read more...]
holding on and letting go
This morning I drove my16 year old to the airport for her first flight alone. She has done considerable travel both with family and with schoolmates/friends but never alone. She has a tight connection to make and a 45 minute presentation to deliver at the other end. Letting her go to this … [Read more...]
All She’s Done
If there's one thing I'm grateful for it's the effortlessly wonderful relationship I've always had with my mom. Growing up we rarely fought (save for those brooding couple of years when I was an angst-ridden teenager who occasionally took her mood swings out on her undeserving mother) and I always … [Read more...]
don’t you ever feel…
...like a little kid in an adult worldwith a fancy kitchenand all the latest appliancesand dress up clothesand your own wheelsand offspring, no lessand a pervasive worry that one day there will be someone knocking at your door with serious papers and a man in a trenchcoat with a file on … [Read more...]
Mother’s Day
I need to begin my Mother's Day post with some reflections about my mother. She was only 20 when she had me but somehow she knew how to be a loving, patient and mature mom (or mum as she spells it). I could write a long treatise about my childhood and her mothering but I would like to … [Read more...]
Mother’s Day Gift Guide
For the hours of labour, the sleepless years, and the decades of stress, we all know that we should find a way to thank the mothers in our lives on each and every one of the 365 days each year. But for many of us, this Sunday marks as good a day as any to make a more dramatic gesture of thanks with … [Read more...]
Chiming In on The Mother’s Day Shift!
Jen wrote a really inspiring post this week about making a shift this Mother's Day. She is planning on quietly honouring her awesome mom, who passed away two years ago, and spending the day honouring the other people in her life who help her on her path as a mother and a woman. I love … [Read more...]
Mother’s Day Gifts
Barbara Reid is one of my favourite Canadian artists and authors. Even if you don't know her name, you're sure to know work which looks like this: I was fortunate to meet her and, even better, my kids got to do a workshop … [Read more...]
Boys, The Way to Her Heart Is Through Her Stomach
Ladies, you know that on Sunday, Mother's Day, you will be told you can sleep in. You'll be told he'll get up with the kids and get them dressed. That this morning is your morning. To sleep and relax. And then you'll hear the pitter-patter of feet down the steps, the bang of pots, the clang of pans, … [Read more...]
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