Yesterday we made our way to what was once our home away from home. The Hospital for Sick Children. Sick Kids.We have spent countless days there. We have traveled there by van, train and ambulance. I have cried a hundred tears there. She has seen countless doctors for … [Read more...]
Happy New Year! Holiday Highlights…
Happy New Year! Hope 2011 brings you health, happiness and the realisation of your dreams and aspirations! December was a blur: my first set of final exams at the College had me in a tizzy. Something I didn't know - making an exam is just as hard as writing one. I felt sick for my … [Read more...]
The Grandmother’s Curse
If my mother is coming for a visit, you can pretty much guarantee that our children will catch some sort of nasty virus (usually involving high fevers and copious amounts of barf) and they will be miserable the whole time she's here, I'll be a sleep-deprived mess, the house will totally go to pot … [Read more...]
High Anxiety Adventure
Nothing could blow the lid off my normally high anxiety more than taking my little girl to Sick Kids for surgery.It was just dental surgery. Not heart or brain or any other major surgery like so many other kiddos have there every day. But surgery nonetheless.Handing her over to a strange … [Read more...]
Oh ya…The Manny.
I've written and introduced you to our life as a family with a child with autism.I also need to touch on our other special needs child. She isn't anymore, but the first 11 months her her life she was. We learned in April 2006 that I was expecting our 3rd child. Unexpectedly … [Read more...]
Give the Gift Twice!
I see trends as being very wave-like. By the time that wave has crested, often the trend is so far mainstream that it's pretty well "jumped the shark". As your resident trend watcher, I see my job to write about the trends that are further out on the horizon preparing to crash into our daily lives … [Read more...]
You’ve Only Failed if You Fail to Try…
...says the legend of Princess Oochigeas..."A brave spirit makes all things possible." I have had the extraordinary privilege in my life to spend substantial time with children who live this everyday. CAMP OOCHIGEAS, is a camp just outside of the town of Rosseau, in Muskoka, Ontario … [Read more...]
This Parenting Thing is Too Freakin’ Hard…and Day 2: Pre-Cleanse
We were back at Sick Kids this morning. We had a little, lethargic girl with a fever. This parenting thing is WAY too hard. This was supposed to be our hump day. She was primed to go back to school tomorrow. But instead she napped and cried and cuddled. My heart sat outside my body as I watched her. … [Read more...]