Six years ago, my sister, Madeleine, died. That seems so surreal. She was 31. Her kids were three & one. She died of cancer, metastatic epithelial cancer, likely cervical. She was diagnosed on February 6th, 2003, our mother's birthday. And she died on … [Read more...]
Do You Have a Village?
The old adage "it takes a village to raise a child" isn't as true for everyone as it used to be.City living, busy work schedules, over-planned children's activities, and the underlying notion that we need to be busy in order to be important all contribute to a tired isolation for many parents. So … [Read more...]
Thankful, and a little bit sad
I had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend at the Sausage. I love Thanksgiving. We always have lots of people from my Mom's side of the family. There are also always friends. This year we were missing some key people, my step-daughters, my cousin Scott and a many others, so there … [Read more...]
Weekend Update – Week In Review
We made it through our first FULL week of school. And it was a busy one.Hockey season was in full swing with a game on Tuesday, practice on Thursday and a tournament Friday and Saturday.Eva and Cuyler started gynmastics.Any concerns I had over him not being able to focus in the class were … [Read more...]
The Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato Summer at Camp Rock. Again.
If you are a fan of the Jonas Brothers, like some of the female members of our house are, then YOU KNOW that tomorrow is THE day. It's Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam day on Family. It's the day we find out what happens to Shane Grey (Joe Jonas) and Mitchie (Demi Lovato) after they find each other at the … [Read more...]
Reflections on Ramadan
It's now the 16th day of Ramadan, and our household has fallen into the routine of this holy season. We wake up before the sun rises, around 4:30am, and eat our breakfast. This quiet meal has been a great opportunity for my husband and I to sit and … [Read more...]
Summertime, and the Living is Easy
I'm a lucky woman. Every summer, when I was growing up, I spent weeks at my grandparent's cottage; swimming, water-skiing, playing cards & board games, reading Archie & Richie Rich comics, playing dress-up, going to town for Chelsea buns and ice-cream, going to Trudy's general store to … [Read more...]
Weekend Update – Halfway Over
We have been on summer holidays for 5 weeks now. Summer is half over and for the most part it's been fantastic. And we haven't even had Sean home for holidays yet. He took a week off when we moved and he'll take another week off in August. That week we'll cram in a slew of … [Read more...]
I Want to Get Drunk **Caution: This Post May Offend**
WARNING! If you don't want to know, do not read on. I am real and I am human. And sometimes, rarely, but still on occasion, I want to get drunk.OK, OK. Calm down. But really. Don't you sometimes just want to lose yourself? Don't you just want to go back to a place or a time when you could act … [Read more...]
B b benign! And, where did the last 40 years go?
Whew. I had my appointment and all is well. The mammogram didn't turn up anything suspicious and the ultrasound indicated a benign lump. The surgeon assured me that all was well and that dense, lumpy breasts are common in women my age. He said it would get better after … [Read more...]
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