I don't want to rain down misery on everyone's Mother's Day, and I promise a nice post tomorrow, but today and for the last few days I've been feeling the loss of my own mother so very keenly that I had to share.Yesterday my youngest sister sent Jen and me an email with a link to this song by Colin … [Read more...]
Dear Mom
Dear Mom,It's been nearly three years now since our last, wonderful Christmas together. The best of the best, as you called it. This year, the whole family will be together again. But without you. It's going to bring back a lot of memories. It's going to be wonderful and festive and joyful. And … [Read more...]
A Chain of Events
It all started with show-and-tell. My daughter (in grade three at the time) was learning about wind instruments in music class, in preparation for the class getting their own recorders. The students were encouraged to bring in any wind instruments they had at home - some brought toy recorders, … [Read more...]