It all started with a tummy ache. Not a terribly bad tummy ache -- enough to miss school -- but not enough to worry me just yet. A little later on, I turned to Facebook for advice instead of commiseration: At this point, everyone (myself included) thought she was the victim of a … [Read more...]
The Voice Inside
This book. You guys, I was crying on a bus as I read this, but couldn't put it down and spare myself the embarrassment because I needed too intensely to know what happened next and how it all came out. Could I recommend it more highly? I think not. Skinnyby Donna CoonerPoint /ScholasticISBN: 978 0 … [Read more...]
Hubby Comes Home To Knife
So like most plans that seemed to good to be true - they were. My hubby and I had it all planned out. He would come home during the last week of school so he would be able to attend our sons Grade 6 grad, we would let the children skip the last day and head out to Grand Bend for a mini 5 day … [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...]
The Final Stretch or The First Step
This is the final week of the intensive Interferon treatment for my mom. It has been a wild ride and I know we will all be happy when it is over. But, this is by no means "it". She has 11 more months of Interferon self injected 3 times per week and we are waiting to hear whether she will … [Read more...]